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Telemakhos In Odysseus The Prodigal Son

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When Telemakhos found out that his father was home, he was overjoyed. Odysseus had been gone for over a decade but that did not matter to Telemakhos. He was so happy that his father was home, so he didn’t care that he had been gone for so long. It reminded me of the story The Prodigal Son from the bible. He welcomed his father home so lovingly even when he hadn’t seen his father since he was a baby. It didn’t matter to him because he had his father back. He loved his father so much that he was able to disregard all of his father’s previous actions. Nowadays, if a father had left his son at such an early age, it would be very different. Not only would the son most likely not welcome him like Telemakhos, he would probably be very angry.

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