The Odyssey Blog 3

It has been a busy couple of days for me, so i haven't had very much time to read but i finished book 3 and am about half way done with book 4.  In the book, Telemachus and Pisistratus go to Sparta to find more information on Oddyseus and they arrive at the King and Queen's Palace. The King and Queen are named Menelaus and Helen and they are very welcoming to Telemachus and Pisistratus. While they are eating at the feast, Menelaus begins to talk about Odysseus and how wonderful he is and him and his wife soon realize that Odysseus is the father of Telemachus.  One part of the reading that made me sort of sad was when Telemachus heard Melelaus speaking about his father and he began to cry and wipe his tears on his robe (pg. 129: 126-133). I thought that this showed that Telemachus really has high hopes for finding his father and i really hope he does because i hate seeing him so sad. Overall, I felt like this reading was difficult to understand, so i'm not positive on what is exactly going on. I'm also very confused with all of the names that are being used because i feel like there are new names being added on every page that i read. But, other than those minor problems, i feel like i will have plenty of time over  break to read The Odyssey and hopefully move onto some novels that are easier to grasp and not quite so foreign to me.