The
story the Odyssey has been out for decades now. It’s a Greek myth, made by a
man by the name of homer. The Odyssey is about, a man who had to leave his
family to fight in war, but after he has won it became a cocky man, thinking he
doesn’t need any one even the gods. Well one god by the name of Poseidon, the
god of the sea, couldn’t tolerate his cockiness no more, and told him he would
never see his land Ithaca ever again, and he would sail forever and ever. But
through the story Odysseus was an intelligent, cunning, courageous,
compassionate, faithful, arrogant, then at the end of the story became a humble
man.
Odysseus
was a strong man with allot of heart. He had to show his strengths when he had
to leave his family to fight in the Trojan War. He left his wife Penelope and
his son Telemachus, minutes after he birthed Telemachus. When he and his men
went off to war he was also strong-minded, when his men wanted to run he made
them go back and fight some more. He pretty much carried his men on his back which
made him a strong man, because he had to think of everything. He was also
strong when he visited a singing witch by the name of Circe who turned his men
into animals, and he knew she did, but he still went to see her, and slept with
her so that she could turn his man back into humans. Also when he went down to
hell to meet Satin, he was strong because he went down by his self, so none of
his men would die.
Odysseus
showed intelligence and was cunning; his brain was filed with a lot of great
thoughts. Like when Poseidon pushed his ship to an island where a giant was
there by the name of Cyclops. He pushed them there so that the Cyclops could
kill Odysseus. But Odysseus was way too clever; he got him and his men out by
doing something very smart. What he did was gave the Cyclops some wine, which
made him drunk and sleepy, and when he fell asleep, stuck a big stump in his
eye, which made him blind. When they were escaping the cave they used the
Cyclops sheep. They used the sheep by getting under them so that the Cyclops
wouldn’t be able kill them, because the Cyclops isn’t going to kill his sheep.
Odysseus
was compassionate and also faithful. He never forgot about his family
especially his wife. He thought about them everywhere he went. Even after he
slept with a witch on every island he went to, his heart was still given to
Penelope. He even told the witches he had a wife. There was nothing that could
get his family out of his head.
Odysseus
was also arrogant, he was the king of Ithaca, and felt like no one was above
him, even the gods. His cockiness lead them to a victory in the war, which made
him feel like he didn’t need the gods, because of the victory. That’s what
started him and Poseidon’s beef. Poseidon didn’t like Odysseus at all cause he
was so arrogant, so he through a lot of bad things in his path. Like the
Cyclops, but Odysseus manage to get past the Cyclops, and when he did he was
very arrogant saying that no gods could stop him especially Poseidon. But he
became humble, and figured out that he needed the gods, after Poseidon wouldn’t
let him get back home to Ithaca.
