2 days before the Eve of Christmas, Mrs. Johnson pulled a fresh baked pan of chocolate chip cookies out of the large stainless-steel oven located in the expansive marble kitchen. Without knowing it, this moment changed Odysseus Oreo’s life forever. While Mrs. Johnson cooled and stacked the cookies in a red tupperware container in the kitchen, the abundance of food in the large, walk-in pantry were getting ready for an exciting Christmas. “3 days until Christmas!” exclaimed Becka the baby oreo. “I hope I get lots of presents!”
In the book called The Odyssey by Homer, it mainly follows the story of a king of a village called Ithaca, hundreds of years ago-This man, is named Odysseus. Odysseus goes through many adventures after the victory of the Trojan War. However, this is where Odysseus, is not being as strong as a great war hero and a king as he should be. Although Odysseus was seen as a very strong person, physically and mentally, he lacks the appreciation and the care of his crew throughout the trials and didn’t think through many of his actions thoroughly and how they would affect not only his crew but people around him.
The second part of the passage that stands out is the vivid image the passage creates, it is almost as if one can truly see the embrace between the two lovers, and it illustrates that Odysseus is finally happy and content after twenty long years of being away from his faithful wife. In conclusion, Homer shows how what is comfortable and familiar can be enjoyable even if it is not as flashy as the
The main character Odysseus in the Odyssey written by Homer is generally thought to be a great hero; however, he shows more traits of a quite flawed character on closer inspection. Around the beginning of Odysseus’ journey home after the war, Odysseus decides to take a detour to the home of a cyclops deciding to not listen to his men’s suggestions to leave while they still could; consequently, it does not end well: “Ah, how sound that was, Yet I refused. I wished to see the caveman, what he had to offer no pretty sight it turned out, for my friend” (9.130-132). This thought by Odysseus shows that he realized his decision to go to the mysterious island wasn’t the most rational one and that his men’s pleas to leave were the better option, but he decides to be stubborn and place his curiosity before his men’s safety resulting in a non-heroic
The only reason Odysseus makes it through twenty years of life
The Odyssey by Homer revolves around the character, Odysseus, and his ten-year struggle to return home after the Trojan War. As the epic’s idol, he displays the combination of a clever, handsome, and courageous man popular among the mortals as well as the gods. Essentially, he embodies the ideals of the ancient Greek culture, being adorned with many favored characteristics of the era. However, an intriguing aspect of Odysseus lies in his personality. As the protagonist, he does not manifest the entirety of a stereotypical hero because Odysseus has a fatal flaw—his arrogance.
The comment above demonstrates a story within telling stories, the adventure of Odyssey himself and the majority of main encounters from characters such as Kalypso and Polyphemos. Odyssey reveals his identity at the beginning of book nine. For this is the start of the storytelling through the eyes of Odyssey trip after the Trojan war. The statement above is true because the story revolves around Odyssey and Homer uses his character to share other stores before the and during his trip in returning home.
Odysseus realized the pattern of his situation after he woke up and additionally, the last opportunity he received to sleep, he could not. This proves how he recognizes his mistakes because the pattern that he found was going to an island, asking for help, then ending up at another land. Another pattern with Odysseus is that whenever he sleeps, he takes a few steps back on his journey back to Ithaca. Odysseus learned from his own mistakes, but
The oracles had prophesied that Oedipus would kill his father and beget children by his mother. Was the prophecy something that had no choice, but to become fulfilled? Anything in my opinion that an oracle or fortuneteller would tell you isn’t final and therefore has the ability to be changed or altered. I don’t believe that you don’t have the ability to change your own future. Oedipus in the play seemed to be ignorant and arrogant, which caused him to have this complex.
In what ways does Odysseus develop as a character during the time of the story? Does he develop at all? Odysseus does not change a lot during the course of the narrative, especially related to Telemachus, who undergoes a passage from naive childhood to manhood. Odysseus, already an important soldier at the beginning of the Iliad, continues his role as the most intelligent and courageous of all the Achaean heroes. But this is not to say that Odysseus exhibits no signs of growth.
Odysseus is a Greek hero who never returned home after the Trojan war. Odysseus and his companions are shipwrecked at an island called Ogygia. He is stuck on the island with a goddess who is a witch and she loves him so she is never going to let him leave. Mayhem is happening in Odysseus’s home, Ithica, while he is stranded on Ogygia.
Imagine being apart from your family for over ten years, fighting for your life in a war, and in the many battles and problems you will face on your way home from war. Would you be able to fight a cyclops, pass a dangerous whirlpool and have to face the fact that your crew betrayed you? In the novel The Odyssey written by Homer, Odysseus must do all of these things and more. He has been away from his wife, son and many other family members for over ten years now, fighting for his life on his journey home after fighting in the Trojan war.
In the book The Odyssey, the main character, Odysseus, is a man who is loved and respected by many. In the beginning of the book, we learn that Odysseus has left on a journey and, since it has been many years since his departure, many people assume that he has passed. On his journey, he portrays his many traits, not all of them being good ones either. Some of his good traits include his cunning, bravery, and hard work ethic. On the other hand, his negative traits are his excessive pride, immense curiosity, and rather large temper.
What is the purpose of a quest? We see people going on quests everyday in the news, at school, even in the books we read. Every human has gone on at least one quest in their lives, but why do we do it? What is the purpose? What do we get out of it?
Throughout The Odyssey, Odysseus faces many challenges that change and bring out his true identity of a cunning and prideful hero from a weak and lonely man. Odysseus’ change in identity can be established through his weakness and struggles in attempting to break away from the lonely island of Kalypso, to his cunning strength during the battle of Troy and passing the alluring and deadly Seirenes, and lastly to his pridefulness as he reveals himself to the great kyklops, Polyphemus, and defeats the suitors back home in Ithaca. Homer uses Odysseus’ stories and actions to portray his lily-liver personality when first introduced to the reader. First, Odysseus’ weak and lonely nature portrayed on the island of Kalypso, reveals that he does not live up to the legends that represent his true strength and heroic actions.
