I was writing the Odyssey Essay for English I and I crossed paths with an event in the story known as in media res. I knew what all of these words meant individually, but together the meaning meant absolutely nothing to me in context with the event in the story. In media res means in the middle of things, which didn't make sense in the context of the story. Why start in the middle rather than the actual beginning. But the Latin seemed to be the only constant within the meaning of the word and its role within the Odyssey's storyline.
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