Ulysses is, as previously said, very different from the other Greek heroes, he is not a demigod and he does not receive divine intervention either through his life. Instead, Odysseus is just a normal man trying to return home to his family, but he loses God's father (Poseidon) and is subjected to trials before he can see his family again. As Norcott-Mahany says, “When we reflect on our experience, we compose that experience into narrative form…” and this is what the story turns to when Odysseus speaks or when Homer himself provides the narration. Changes in the story are abundant although the story shifts to Odysseus' son when he tries to stop the suitors from marrying his mother. It is this magic that we are talking about, as Homer alternates between characters and ways of telling a story to ultimately convey different messages, while maintaining a poetic style like that of Norcott-Mahany.