A new definition of ODYSSEY?

an odyssey is a trip you take with other people according to a wise philosopher from many many ages ago.  With this definition, is this what the entire book of the odyssey will be about? From what I heard, the main character is alone for most of the book, so how is this an odyssey if there is not other people with him? I think the odyssey will be interesting and may even change the meaning of the word odyssey to me. I am interested as to where the plot might take me and what the new definition to this word will be. I think that an odyssey is just an adventure with challenges (i.e. academic, physical, and social), but does not have to include other people because you can face challenges without people being there. For example you can face a physical challenge of climbing a mountain with or without people. The book of the odyssey may just prove this wise definition to be very very wrong. ODYSSEY!

Conflict perspective in Maus

The conflict theory says that groups of people (based on gender, race, etc...) will compete against each other for limited resources (i.e. political power, natural resources). Groups who have disproportionally more power will defend their resources and oppress those with less power. Conflict perspective is looking at things based on conflict theory, such as answering what groups are in conflict and what they are competing for. A common subset of conflict perspective that most people are aware of is feminist perspective.  Looking at the holocaust through conflict perspective, it is somewhat obvious to know that the Nazi's are the group that is in power. The oppressed group in the book Maus would be the Jews since the Nazi's are in power. The Jews and the Nazi the groups in conflict since the Nazis saw the Jews as a threat politically and economically.