In book 13 Odysseus is returned to Ithaca but does not recognize the land because Athena has shrouded it in mist. In the meantime, the sailors who helped him are punished by Poseidon who is angry at them for helping Odysseus, who is his nemesis. Odysseus and Athena make a plan on how to get rid of the suitors.
The American Airlines flight is headed to Denver, Colorado.
Answer:
He was thinking whether there was a forgiving God, why the Golden Carp and God chose to punish the people, and if the Virgin Mary was forgiving.