We will compare Book II of The Odyssey with Hearts in Atlantis, a book by Stephen King adapted into a film starring Anthony Hopkins. In the movie, Bobby Garfield is the "Telemachus" character, looking to discover who his father was. Ted Brautigan, played by Anthony Hopkins, possesses psychic power. Pursued by "Low Men" who want to control this power, he manages to transfer his psychic ability to Bobby. Bobby's mother is courted by one of the "low men," her boss at work. Both Telemachus and Bobby Garfield seek out people who knew their fathers in order to discover what kind of men they were.
Hearts in Atlantis fulfills all the categories of myth: Presence of the supernatural, a cosmic view, an attempt to explain the inexplicable, and an attempt to pass along traditions and values of the culture. See if you can uncover what aspects of the film fulfill these categories.