Odysseus Is Not A Hero In Homer's Odyssey

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Most people will say that Odysseus is a hero, but in many ways he is not a hero in any way. In the Odyssey, Odysseus goes on a long journey. Through that journey he encounters many challenges. In almost every bump in his road, somebody ended up dead or hurt because of Odysseus.
Few people will argue and say that Odysseus is smart because he took the suitors weapons away when fighting them. He really is not heroic even being smart enough to take their weapons, because he still was a evil enough to murder them all.
Secondly, Odysseus is a murderer mainly because he killed everyone of the suitors. It’s not like he was killing them to protect himself, he killed them because he was selfish and was very angry that they were eating his cheese and