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Odysseus In Homer's Odyssey

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Odysseus did the right thing he took back what was his. I think that when they took it over they should have had a better plan. They should have taken it when they were trying to get Odysseus girlfriend. Odysseus new that they were going to take it over. When you take over a house you should have men at the front door watching for people.

If you don’t have guards at the front door anyone can walk in like the cops and the owner. Also the guys got what they deserved they took someone’s house. When you take over a house that first was your leaders make sure you take care of friends and family. When the wooers took over was because they were trying to get back to Odysseus. They were getting him back because he caught him trying

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