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Examples Of The Enneagram Test In The Odyssey

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Wolfe, 6
Landan Wolfe
Mr. Cusack
English 9
02/19/23

Odysseus’s Characterization in the Odysseus In the Odyssey, there are many ways to characterize the characters, but the enneagram personality test is the best way to characterize these characters. For those who do not know what the enneagram test is, it is a personality test that will put you into one of the nine possible categories of personalities. It can describe the strengths and weaknesses that you most likely have. Of the nine personalities, Odysseus would be a challenger, confident but confrontational. Odysseus is a challenger because in the book he never backs down from a fight or challenge because he is confident he can win whatever the threat is, this shows that he is very confident …show more content…

One instance where Odysseus was confident was in book 9 when he was inside the cave of the giant Cyclops Polyphemus. In this cave, he creates a plan to escape with their lives but it is very risky, but he is confident that the plan will work. The plan was to inebriate the Cyclops and wait for him to pass out, then when he is asleep take a pike and heat it on fire and plunge it into Polythemus’s eye and blind him. After that the Cyclops sat by the entrance and waited, hoping for them to be foolish enough to try and run by him, but Odysseus was too smart for this Cyclops. Odysseus told his men to cling to the underbelly of the ram inside of the cave and wait for Polyphemus to let them out to graze. Another example of him showing his confidence is when he finds out his men have been kidnapped and turned into pigs by Circe, a goddess. Odysseus receives help from a god named Hermes and is told how to handle the situation and is given something to eat that prevents her from enchanting him. When he gets into the home she offers him a soup that would've turned him into a pig along with his comrades. When she realizes that it wasn't working Odysseus pulls his sword out and threatens her so she will release his men. This shows he is confident because instead of running away he stayed and wasn't scared that his plan wasn't going to

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