Michael Camby
Mr. Martin
English 1
10 February 2023
The odyssey essay
Today I'm going to talk about why I think Odysseus is a hero. Have you ever found yourself in a very tough situation that you do not know how to get out of? Odysseus has had that happen to him a lot that you will read about in this essay. Some facts are that he saved his men by fighting a cyclops, fought for a whole day straight, and led his army back home after being gone for 20 years. Odysseus is a hero because he is wise, a good leader, and strong. Odysseus is a hero because he uses his whits, His leadership, and his strength to save his men and fight through adversity.
Odysseus is a hero because he is smart. For example in lines 247-250, In the cyclops, he knows that he cannot kill the cyclops immediately cause if he does then they will be trapped in the cave and die. In addition, Odysseus says, “ If I killed him we perished there as well, For we could never move his ponderous doorway slab aside.” Thus what Odysseus is trying to tell his men, Is that they need to get on the cyclops' good side, because he is the only way they can get out of his home. Later in the story, it proves vital
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In lines 57-59 in the episode sailing from Troy, he fights in a battle all day. Clearly, Odysseus shows his strength here by fighting for 24 hours. If he lost the fight he and all of his men would be skinned alive and killed. In this episode, Odysseus fights the Cicones. Later in the story, it shows that it is important because if he stops fighting them he and all of his men would have died. It tells us that in lines 60-64. Together with the evidence of his strength, it is easy to see that Odysseuss is super strong, and has fantastic endurance to be able to fight for a whole day. Also, a good comparison to someone who can fight all day is a superhero. Finally, Odysseus should be a hero because of how strong he is and because he is able to fight a battle all