Home is considered to be this place where one lives permanently with one's family, a place of comfort. When a character or human embarks on a journey, all they really want is to return home to their family and loved ones. Thus, their return home is an important aspect for the heroes of a fantastic journey. In the epic poem The Odyssey as performed by Homer and in the film 2001: A Space Odyssey, we achieve these very different notions of home. The main protagonists of each work have a different approach to this notion of home. The protagonist Ulysses is constantly in a hurry to return home to his family. In contrast, Dave, the protagonist, embarks on a journey in which he knows there is a good chance he will not return home. To begin with, in the epic poem titled The Odyssey by Homer performed in the 5th century, the protagonist Odysseus is forced to make this crossing because he wishes to fully support Menelaus who started the Trojan War in order to recover Helen. However, once this war was over, Odysseus was shipwrecked on the island of . Odysseus makes his biggest mistake when Polyphemus captures him on the island of the Cyclops. While in captivity in Polyphemus' cave, Odysseus hatches a plan that will free him and his crew and allow them to escape. Odysseus hits Polyphemus in the eye and blinds him. This upsets Poseidon since Polyphemus was Poseidon's son. As a result, Poseidon curses Odysseus to never return home. Due to this curse placed on Odysseus by Poseidon, Odysseus faces many obstacles and challenges that prevent him from returning home, which he deeply yearns for. Throughout this fantastic journey, Odysseus constantly refers to his deep desire to return home to his wife Penelope and...... middle of paper ...... his lack of communication with his relatives is a concept of home different from that of the latter. the characters are in a hurry to leave. Additionally, another scene in which we see this lack of sense of home is when Frank makes a phone call to his home. While he calls home, he speaks with his daughter and there is no sign from Frank that he desires to return home to his family and loved ones. In conclusion, both of these works are about a hero embarking on this fantastical journey, but each of these heroes has this very distinct notion of home. In Homer's poem The Odyssey, the main character, Odysseus, longs to return home after twenty years of wandering the ocean. Whereas in the film 2001: A Space Odyssey, the main character, Dave, and many other secondary characters neglect this notion of home. This is the main comparison between these two works and