In “Ulysses”, We learn about what Ulysses did after his adventures in “The Iliad and the Odyssey”. We learn that Ulysses has a son named Telemachus. He leaves his land to his son. Ulysses talks about how loyal his son his, and about how hard working he is. He doesn’t seem to want his son to a soldier and fight like his father did. Throughout the story, Ulysses is restless. He is happy with what he has, but he still wants to adventure. “ And this gray spirit yearning in desire”. He talks about how he wants to move forever, and how boring it is to pause. He says that life is too short to be spent doing nothing. Ulysses’s plan is to adventure until he dies. Throughout the story he makes it a point to say that he is old. He knows he doesn’t