One lesson that applies to both The Odyssey and today is you have to stay on track and not let distractions keep you from your goals, Odysseus learns this all throughout the book. A few examples would be when the Lotus Eaters were trying to lure in him and his men to eat the lotus plant. He stayed on track by getting the men he could off the island and not falling into the Lotus Eater’s trap (897). Another example would be when he was in Circe’s Hall when she tried to make the men forget about going home. He showed how he stayed on track and not getting distracted when he tried getting as many men as he could out of the trap and eating a plant to help him not turn into an animal (918). This could apply to people today with a wide range of