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Compare And Contrast Percy Jackson And Odysseus

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A good leader should respect the people they’re working with, take ownership of their mistakes, and be trustworthy. Odysseus didn’t show most of these traits, Odysseus didn’t care about his crew as much as he should have. Percy Jackson showed great respect to his crew, he was close friends with the people he was working with which made it easier for them to get along and complete tasks together. Odysseus’ men betrayed him when they opened the bag of wind that blew them back home, if Odysseus had a good relationship with his crewmates, that wouldn’t have happened. Odysseus shouldn’t have treated his men the way that he did, Percy Jackson is a better leader than Odysseus in many ways.
Odysseus didn’t have enough respect for his crew. Odysseus’ men were taking him across the ocean so that he could get home and weren’t getting compensated for it. Odysseus showed bad leadership when he left his men alone so he could sleep and while he was sleeping they opened a bag of wind and they were blown in the opposite direction of where they were headed. Odysseus showed very little care when six of his men were killed by Scylla, he almost ignored it and just continued his …show more content…

It’s important to be somewhat familiar with people that you will be doing life-threatening tasks with, it makes it easier when you can work as a team rather than one person doing the work by themselves. When Percy was in the boat with his friends, they worked together to get where they needed to be instead of him not doing any of the work because of “superiority”. Everyone in the group helped each other out, if someone was injured they would take the time to help them, or if someone was in a life-threatening situation they wouldn’t have to fend for themselves. Percy showed affection and care towards his crew, they would all look out for each other emotionally as well as physically, and they felt comfortable enough to put themselves in a vulnerable

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However, in the Odyssey, Odysseus makes choices that both his crew and the reader find questionable. Although Odysseus has some positive attributes he is a bad leader for the following reasons he keeps secrets from his crew, he falls asleep at inappropriate times and is arrogant to a fault. Odysseus’s

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As a leader Odysseus should be careful to do exactly what will benefit his crew the most. The lack of communication throughout the whole journey home will eventually lead to mistrust and betrayal of Odysseus by his crew. Following Scylla and Charybdis they reach the island of the god of the sun, and because of the crew’s spite for Odysseus they don’t follow his directions not to harm the cattle of the Sun. Just in the events of the journey back to Ithaca alone the reader can see how Odysseus’ inability to be a strong leader leads to the dismantling of a good relationship between him and his crew, which leads to a much more difficult trip. Odysseus’ inability to be a great leader for the group leads to a lot of conflict among the crew members.

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Percy Jackson versus Odysseus: who was the better leader? Within their own stories, the Odyssey and Percy Jackson: sea of monsters. Good Traits a good leader needs to have to lead a team are Leaders need to be clever, smart, and heroic. Each of these traits will help lead the crew and get them out of bad situations and be able for them to listen to and trust the leader. Percy Jackson and Odysseus both played leadership roles in their different stories, with Percy leading his friends and Odysseus leading his crew.

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I didn't think leadership was something I needed to work hard at. I had already arrived”(Modglin 1). If Odysseus had just treated his crew with more respect and worked harder to be selfless he would’ve been the perfect leader, and his crew would have the utmost respect for him as a

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Odysseus is extremely selfish by betraying his crew. His crew believes that Odysseus is trying to help them return home, when he is actually only concerned about himself.

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When Percy wanted the fleece he didn't stop when he did not succeed, he kept going until he got right where he wanted to be. Even though he had an enemy that didn't stop him from putting effort in. Percy is always being loyal to his people and what he wants. Percy also stopped the monsters which weren't easy. Odysseus did the opposite of this.

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Percy always ended up with good people who would have his back Percy showed them that he would have theirs as well and proved to be a good

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Although Odysseus occasionally does something for the short-term benefit of his crew, he does not deserve their loyalty because he does not sincerely care about them, trust them, or listen to them. Even when Odysseus is in the middle of nowhere in a boat with his comrades and crew members for twenty years, he still manages to not care about them and think of his own life as more valuable than any of theirs. An example of this is when Odysseus sends his men into danger instead of being a leader and going first: “All I spied was a plume of smoke, drifting off the land. / So I sent some crew ahead to learn who lived there -- / men like us perhaps, who live on bread?”

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Literary Heros For The Ages A Hero. As Maya Angelou said, “I think a hero is any person really intent on making this a better place for everyone”A hero like Percy Jackson, and Odysseus is a person who is admired or idealized for courage, outstanding achievements, or noble qualities. Two major literary characters have earned this title, Odysseus from The Odyssey by Homer and Percy Jackson from the Percy Jackson Series written by Rick Riordan. One can argue that Odysseus is the better hero compared to Percy Jackson, but it should also be said that Percy “The Prodigy” Jackson is more deserving of the title “Hero”. Although many people believe that Odysseus in this generation is a hero because he valiant, strong and smart, one could also argue that he does everything for himself.

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Percy Jackson is more of a hero when compared to Odysseus. A hero must be helpful, selfless, and forgiving to others. Percy is a character from the movie “Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters'' and is a helpful, selfless, and forgiving character. Odysseus, on the other hand, is from a story called “The Odyssey” and is less helpful to others, selfish, and unforgiving. With these traits, Percy is more of a hero than Odysseus.

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At various times throughout the story, mainly through the trials, Odysseus made many decisions and forced his crew to go through many potentially lethal situations without preparing his own crew, or situations that were just a waste of time. This then leads to not only all of his crew being killed but the creation of many bad relationships. The first example of Odysseus mistreating his crew is when he and his crew went through the trails, “No more. Come, / let me tell you about the voyage fraught with hardship / Zeus inflicted on me, homeward bound from Troy...” 9.42-44.

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When Odysseus commands his men to go back to sea to voyage, he is a good leader because he is telling his men what to do. He is being a leader by protecting his men from the Ciccone 's army by leaving before reinforcements come. For example, when Odysseus and his men are heading to the sirens Odysseus states “you are to tie me up, tight as a splint” (Homer 1005). Odysseus is an admirable leader when he orders his men to tie him up and do not untie him because he is sacrificing himself for the good of his men. He is a leader when he does this because he lets his men not suffer the sirens while he has to.

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Percy is also gifted with several semi-divine abilities such as the ability to manipulate water and currents, enhanced strength and senses while being near water, ability to breath underwater, mental communication with marine animals and horses(since horses were created by Poseidon) and creates small earthquakes and hurricanes. Although he seems like a character that can do almost everything, he still acts dumb sometimes and that has earned him a nickname-seaweed

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The first trait is that he is a very arrogant person and this often puts him and his men in danger. Secondly, Odysseus can be deceitful and not fully communicate the facts of each situation. Odysseus was a weak leader and his lack of vision in not seeing the strength and possibilities in his men combined with his inability to effectively communicate to those around him ultimately led to his failure of not being able to safely deliver his men back to Ithaca. The story of the Cyclops in Homer 's The Odyssey illustrated how Odysseus '

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Ultimately Odysseus can be a good leader but behind the scenes, he's not. He may of saved his men multiple times, but also got them killed them due to his neglect. He might be intelligent but really he tolerably manipulated his crew by saying things such as “don’t you want to go back to your home again?”. In closing, throughout the whole story, Odysseus progresses himself and designates many Greek

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