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Odysseus Journey In Homer's Odyssey

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When reflecting upon my personal qualities, I believe that my greatest asset is my determination towards excellence and vision. Though Utopian in nature, I feel that perusing a "perfect" society is all together fitting and proper. I have never been an advocate of inequality and prejudice, and have always believed in the rights of my fellow man and the pursuit of upward mobility. Despite all this, to best sum up my character, I would say it is that of Odysseus’s journey in the Odyssey. The theme of perseverance and tackling obstacles reigns true, though the time, place, and main character have all changed. Now, I am a 17-year-old American trying to make it through high school and onwards into college. My stunning sword and shield have been
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In part one of Homer’s Odyssey, Odysseus uses his epic hero qualities to help him out on his quest to get back home to Ithaca. He’s shows superb intelligence when fighting the cyclopes in “Book 9.” That’s a quality of superhuman intelligence that Odysseus possessed all throughout his entire journey. Another epic hero quality that helped Odysseus was help from Greek gods and goddesses. In part two of Homer’s Odyssey, Athena helped out Odysseus when he got back to his home land.

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So the wretched stranger finally revealed his true colors. With weapons at hand facing only our bare fists, he ingressed our leader, Antinous square in the throat. As his body lay limp, we scoured our surroundings however, our arms were not there. We believed this to be a trap, however, our faces went white in horror when the stranger spoke the words “You reckless fools shall pay for trespassing.” Frantically we prayed, prayed that our comrade’s death was a calamity, but to no avail, as Odysseus it was.

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In The Odyssey by Homer, Homer makes Odysseus look like a hero, but his actions show that he is not. I do not believe that Odysseus deserves the title of a hero because his flaws kill his men, he cheats on Penelope, and he lies and spies on Penelope. When Odysseus and his men meet the cyclops, Odysseus decides to stay at the cyclops’ cave and see what he has to offer, even though his men think they should just steal all the cyclops’ food and run away. Since Odysseus made his decision to stay, his men were eaten by the cyclops.

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A hero is someone who is revered for his or her exceptional achievements and bravery. Anyone who puts themselves before others not for recognition or an award, but because it is the right thing to do, is a true hero. In "The Odyssey," written by Homer is an epic poem about a man named Odysseus and his crewmates competing against the power of the gods to return to their homeland, Ithaca. Throughout his journey, he loses almost all of his men, but Odysseus finally arrives home, concluding his prolonged twenty-year voyage. Odysseus must battle the suitors that have taken his wife Penelope, and may soon kill his son Telemachus.

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When you think of heroes, Superman, Batman, and WonderWoman come to mind. When you think about war heroes, a different picture comes to mind: successful battles, weapons, glory. Homer’s character Odysseus may not fly, but he is considered both. In Homer’s The Odyssey, Odysseus gradually develops from a boastful war hero into an epic hero through the stages of the Challenges, the Transformation, and the Atonement.

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Odysseus and the Journey In a very dark cave with only sheep and cheese lived the big bad one-eyed… CYCLOPS! In the epic poem, The Odyssey by Homer, the main character Odysseus live in Ithaca but, he has to leave for battle. On his way home he runs into a one eyed monster the Cyclops. He became trapped and needs a way home.

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In real life we make our own decisions, and some of those decisions lead to bad outcomes, even though we don’t blame ourselves for many of our mistakes, we are to blame. In Greek Mythology, humans make many important decisions in their life, many of them lead to horrible endings. In the journey of Odysseus, he made many choices throughout his journey that eventually led to the death of all his crew members. In other stories from mythology like the stories of Theseus and Icarus, they made decisions that led them and their loved ones to life threatening situations. Even Zeus once stated “My word, how mortals take the gods to task!

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When Odysseus was in the underworld , and he met up with his mother, she talked to him about all that was going on in Ithaca before she had passed away. She told him that she had been very sad, and crying over her days, and suffering waiting for his return. She continues to tell him that no one has taken over his royal rights yet, so if he returns he would still be in control. She then told him about his father, and that he keeps a farm, and how he never goes to the town. There was a part of this explanation about Odysseus’s father that I did not quite understand.

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Do not try to keep me, for I would be on my way at once. As for any present you may be disposed to make me, keep it till I come again, and I will take it home with me. You shall give me a very good one, and I will give you one of no less value in return.” This is Athena talking to Telemachus, Odysseus son. Athena, throughout the epic disguises herself as Mentor, an old friend of Odysseus.

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Odysseus had so much genuine love for his with Penelope and Penelope had so much genuine love for Odysseus. So much so that Odysseus would go through all those trial and torment just so he could get back to her and Penelope would stall the suitors for twenty years because deep down she knew Odysseus was still alive. Odysseus was motivated to go through that whole journey so he could see his wife again. Odysseus didn’t even give in to the temptation of Poseidon’s daughter Calypso, when she offered to make Odysseus immortal if he would marry her and stay on the island forever, but Odysseus wanted to see his wife and he escaped. 　　 Odysseus disguises himself as a beggar so the suitors wouldn’t kill him and take Penelope for themselves, he scopes

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Within the closed doors of your apartment in New York City you will find a barrier from you and the outside world. A time to get away from all of the girls waiting in the Lavender room to see someone famous, all of the curse words written in elementary schools, and all of the Stradlatters who think they are the best. Although there is no escaping the realities of the world completely, getting to go home is a necessity because it is a place where you feel protected. Home is not always a physical, standing structure, but rather a place in your heart where you know you will always be protected, stable, and happy. Getting to this place may be difficult, but by looking at Odysseus’s journey home in The Odyssey, getting home is not something we cannot

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The journey of Odysseus was a long and grueling time, but his love for Penelope was strong enough to get him home to her. He faced many trials on his journey home, facing many foes and many temptations. He was not alone on his journey, he was accompanied by his men, who fought with him during the Trojan war. Would his fellow soldiers endure?

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Author Ursula K. LeGuin has said, “It is good to have an end to journey toward, but it is the journey that matters in the end”. Her statement implies that striving toward a goal or overcoming obstacles associated with a goal defines us as human beings and is more important than the goal itself. This can be seen in Homer’s epic Odyssey. In the Odyssey, Homer uses Odysseus’s journey to show how one’s journey can affect them as a person. One way Odysseus's journey affected him is by making his overwhelming desire to get home his primary focus.

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