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Examples Of Odysseus Being A Good Role Model

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A role model is someone who shows others right from wrong, does the hard things when others can't, and tries to set good examples for others to look up to. Odysseus is a character in the Odyssey, He is on a long journey to home and gets back to his home land to his wife and son and regains his throne. I believe Odysseus is a good and bad role model, because nobody is perfect, nobody is either a good or bad role model. It is more of a good or bad role model. I think Odysseus is more of a positive role model. In the odyssey Odysseus shows courage, perseverance, and his intelligence.Courageous is being able to pursue dangerous situations without backing out or being brave and facing the scary things.Perseverance is the effort required to do something and keep doing it till the end, even if it's hard.Intelligence is the ability to solve complex problems or the knowledge of understanding. Courageous is being able to pursue dangerous situations without backing out or being brave and facing scary things.The odyssey illustrates how Odysseus shows courage by being able to pursue dangerous things. For instance in book 9 it states “ deep in his …show more content…

Odysseus watches some of his best men get taken and torn apart and eaten, he states it the worst he has ever suffered yet he continues on his journey home.Another example in “Odysseus and his men are compared to falcons who show no mercy to the flocks of birds they pursue and capture”. Odysseus is so determined to be with his wife and son and get his throne back he kills all of the suitors with his men.This shows how Odysseus illustrates perseverance in the odyssey, because he was able to keep going after going through difficult

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Odysseus was extremely brave on how on he put his life in danger. For an example is from book 11 The Land of the Dead Odyssey life was at risk when he entered the land of the dead, following Circe’s instructions. “Odysseus and his crew set out for the land of the dead. They arrive and find the place to which Circe has directed them.” (Homer 388).

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In the story The Odyssey, the main character, Odysseus, like everyone else, shows both good and bad qualities within his personality. Throughout his adventures, Odysseus has shown courage, curiosity, and willpower, as cited in the following passages. Odysseus repeatedly demonstrates courage throughout the story, like when he confronts the witch Circe and her hound of hungry animals. For example, this quote: “In the wild wood they found an open glade, around a smooth stone house—the hall of Circe—and wolves and mountain lions lay there, mild in their soft spell, fed on their drug of evil. None would attack (Homer, 911).”

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Odysseus was a man who showed great courage and intelligence throughout The Odyssey. Going through the twenty long years of fighting battles that no ordinary man could, he showed signs of perseverance, leadership, bravery, and concern for his crew. Against his will, he was thrust into a series of multiple voyages and adventures that could have killed him and his men, but he fought his way home. On these adventures, Odysseus always put others first and outwitted enemies that were far more powerful than he was. Showing signs of bravery, he always stood up to the fight, and never failed to meet a challenge.

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In the book called The Odyssey by Homer, it mainly follows the story of a king of a village called Ithaca, hundreds of years ago-This man, is named Odysseus. Odysseus goes through many adventures after the victory of the Trojan War. However, this is where Odysseus, is not being as strong as a great war hero and a king as he should be. Although Odysseus was seen as a very strong person, physically and mentally, he lacks the appreciation and the care of his crew throughout the trials and didn’t think through many of his actions thoroughly and how they would affect not only his crew but people around him.

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