The Odyssey is an epic poem written by Homer and translated by Robert Fitzgerald. In the epic a man, Odysseus, is separated from his family and is worried about the loyalty they have to him. Odysseus' story is relevant to those of men and women in the world.
Just like Odysseus, people all around the world begin to wonder if their families have been loyal to them after a long absence. In book 11 Odysseus visits The Land of The Dead to get a prophecy from Teiresias, but as he goes to Teiresias Odysseus finds the ghost of his mother and bombards her many questions. A few questions that he asks his mother is if his wife and son have been disloyal to him, "´tell of the son I left behind me... And tell me of my wife: how runs her thought, still with her child, still keeping our domains,
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In The Odyssey, Odysseus’ men trust him very much and are willing to do anything for him, but as the men travel deeper into their journey they lose some of the trust they had for Odysseus. The reason why they lose trust is because Odysseus keeps losing men throughout the story and doesn't share any of the rewards with them, “‘Quick—let us see what it all is, and how much gold and silver there is in the sack he gave him.’” (Homer par. 4). This can relate to today because people in the military have to deal with this when they’re on tours. For example if a leader keeps failing at protecting their people then they might lose trust in them, people also lose trust when they get lied to.. An example of Odysseus’ men trusting him is in book ten when he asks a few of them to explore the land of the Laestrygones to see what type of people live there, ¨So I sent two of my company with an attendant to find out what sort of people the inhabitants were.¨ (Homer par. 8). This is an example of trust because Odysseus is trusting them that they will tell the truth and not run off with whoever lives off that