O Brother Where Art Thou and the Odyssey?

Question

Ok, so for a mythology class I need help with these questions:
How do these events from the Odyssey relate with O Brother Where Art Thou?
1-Odysseu and his men raid the Cicones
2-Aiolos gives Odysseus the bag of winds
3-Odysseus nearly reaches Ithaca
4-The Laistrygones destroy 11 ships
5-Odysseus passes between Scylla and Charybdis
6-Zeus kills everyone but Odysseus
7-Odysseus arrives on Calypso's island
8-Council of the gods, Athena bargains with Zeus
9-Athena visits Telemachus; he sails for Pylos
10-King Menelaus receives Telemachus
11-Second council of the gods, Calypso frees Odysseus
12-Poseidon destroys Odysseus' raft
13-Odysseus land on Scheria and meets Nausicaa
14-Odysseus narrates his adventures to Phaeacians

I realize this is a lot. I have numbered them so hopefully it's easy to read and you can easily tell me which you are answering! Oh, and I have read the Odyssey and am familar with it. Except for one thing, who is Nausicaa? Thanks bunches!!!!!

Well, we are watching the movie in class. I have ideas for most of the questions. But most everyone in my class has already seen the movie, giving them a head start. I was just looking for a little help.

Answer 1

Nausicaa found Odysseus on Scheria.

Answer 2

Please tell me this is a college elective class. Because if this is for a High School Paper, I want my tax dollars back. Anyhow, the main comparison is the struggle that both characters have getting back home and reclaiming what is there's. They are not similar other than that. Odysseus is a king and a hero, who struggles to protect his men on his way home from the wrath of the gods.

Answer 3

But you're not familiar with O Brother?

So watch the movie and look for the events that correspond. They're pretty obvious, and the ones that aren't...well, that's why it's homeWORK, not homePLAY.

If you're allowed, it would be a good idea to watch with some other people from class so you can discuss and only have to rent the movie once (if nobody owns it.)