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How Does Odysseus Comparison To Us All?

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Mirror, Mirror, On The Wall, How Does Odysseus Compare To Us All? (A Reflective Essay) “The journey of life is more important than the destination,” can be heard from the mouths of many across America and Europe; a platitude that encourages many to live their lives in the moment, It is; however, in a sense, a very “Western” way of thinking. Now, not western in the sense of gunslinging cowboys and the wide plains of the American west, but more a style of thinking, the way people in Europe, North America, etc. perceive themselves and their histories. In many Eastern countries the focus is on the “destination.” Life is a constant struggle to get to the afterlife, to make one’s ancestors proud. Finding happiness in the little things in life
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