It doesn't take a hero to order anyone into battle, it takes a hero to be one of those kind of people who go into battle. What makes a hero a hero? A hero is a person who thinks of the others first. Without having this quality a hero does not do any good because he or she is a person who affects the people around him. A hero is a leader. The Hunger Games and The Odyssey are two different stories with two very different heroes. Although Katniss and Odysseus are two very different heroes, they are still similar in a way, like being brave and courageous. Katniss is the hero in the story of The Hunger Games because in the beginning of the story, she volunteered herself for her sister. At that moment Katniss didn’t think about herself, but about …show more content…
Odysseus got thrown many obstacles along his journey back home from the war of trojan. Like he was stuck in the Cyclopes cave and lost many men there. He was cursed by the Gods and landed on the island of Circe. He also traveled to the underworld, to return home. Odysseus was warned by Circe about the Sirens. She said that they were creatures that called men towards them through their singing. Odysseus put wax in the men’s ears so they wouldn't hear them, and risked his life and tied himself to the ship to hear it and guide them. The worst part of his journey was that he was almost twenty yearss away from home, his son and his one true love, his wife Penelope. He had to fight with all his strength to try to get home to them. Although Odysseus lost all his men in his journey, he stayed strong and survived for hope of going home to his family. Odysseus characteristics are his loyalty, strength, skills, determination, courage, responsibility, and most of all his intelligence. Odysseus strength lies in his intelligence, which allows Odysseus to go through many of his obstacles. Like when he said his name was nobody to the Cyclopes to escape the cave and when he fooled his wife’s suitors towards the end of the story. Not only is Odysseus, known for being a hero because of his intelligence and bravery, but because other people saw him as a great person like