How Does Telemachus Grow Up Without A Father

If you have ever read The Odyssey before you know Telemachus grew up without a dad. In today's society children have grown up with their parents in the military which is just like growing up without a dad. This relates to Telemachus having to grow up with his dad being gone for most of his life.The struggle of being without a father is the same struggle Telemachus felt when his dad was fighting in the trojan war. It is also the same feeling you get when your dad is out there fighting for your country and having the fear he might not come back. The Odyssey is an great way of showing these feelings.The Odyssey is and epic poem that was written by Homer and then later translated by Robert Fitzgerald and a nother version by Samuel Butler. An example of the feeling that most military children feel is sadness and that is what Telemachus felt when he was younger and Odysseus left. This feeling is painful and when you realize that the parent might not come back you become scared. The child then just want to cry for days and days, but you know it won't help, it won't bring him home. Telemachus felt these exact feelings when he got older and Odysseus was still gone”But the gods have hidden him away more closely than mortal man was ever yet hidden”(Homer par 12).

They may feel this emotion because they have been left with the task of helping out around the house and other siblings. These feelings come to the child when he/she are at their weakest and they might even regret ever being born. This feeling is due to the stress of the child's parent/guardian leaving. Telemachus felt this same kind of feeling when Odysseus left because three years after the Trojan war when Odysseus had not returned telemachus had to deal with the suitors taking over his house”For the chiefs from all our islands,Dulichium,Same,and the Woodland island of Zacynthus,as also all the principal men of Ithaca Itself,are eating up my house”(Homer par