This first part of this story follows Achilles through his decision to not fight in the Agememnon's war against the Trojans, and all of the subplots that follow along with that.
Some of the most interesting parts are, obviously, the biggest scenes where the Greeks are fighting the Trojans at their gates. This is when the action reaches its peak, with both the war against the Trojans and Achilles' story with Patroclus. There really aren't any exciting twists and turns with this story; everything follows this kind of sad war story, with the expected deaths here and there. Some of the characters are certainly interesting on their own, but with this story it's kind of hard to grasp at some substance of a backstory or anything of the sort. It doesn't give you much to stand up, with the slight exception of the discussion of Achilles' family story.
One idea that struck me with this story, with regard to the Storytelling post later in the week, was to make up a fake sort of police report about the battle. There are murders, destruction of property, fighting, arson; you name it, it's probably in there. A ridiculously long police report about each of the infractions could bring a slight air of comedy to the storyline, while explaining one of the most dramatic parts of it at the same time.
Another idea would be to have Achilles and Agememnon on a talk show, talking about why Achilles "left" him. Obviously the whole thing could be dramatized to seem more like a broken heart, instead of a rageful king losing one of his trusted soldiers.
(Hector, Andromache and Astyanax, web source: Wikimedia)
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