Homer’s The Odyssey, translated by Robert Fitzgerald, contains a man named Odysseus whose story can relate to soldiers in today’s military, and how Odysseus has to persevere to get home. Odysseus is a loving husband who goes to fight in the Trojan War. His son, Telemachus, is born shortly before Odysseus has to leave for the war. The Trojan War is a long fight that lasts ten years. After the ten years, the war ends in victory for Odysseus and his home. Odysseus and his men travel back toward home and travel to one island and then another, but eventually gets into trouble with monsters and gods. Odysseus has to persevere many obstacles, and he is very willing to do that so he can return to his family. Odysseus is delayed seven years before