Challenges In The Odyssey

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Have you ever had something block you from getting where you want to go ? Have you ever had to overcome a challenge in life? Well yeah you have ..it’s life , everyone has challenges that they have to deal with! In the Odyssey we learn to face problems no matter how big they are. The main character In the Odyssey , Odysseus had to face several problems. He had to overcome the lotus eaters, the cyclops, circe, the sirens, and Charybdis. See we all have problems some bigger than others , it’s just something we all have to realize.I have problems to deal with myself and i’m only 15 years old. Some of the complications i have to take care of are not having anyone to talk to when i need it, trying to remain changed and not go back to my old ways, …show more content…
I always try to do good and do the right thing but when something happen it’s tempting to go back. I have changed so much. I’m really proud of myself . I use to be really bad , always doing thing i wasn’t suppose to. Sometimes i look at myself and wonder if it’s really me. I will feel really bad like i betrayed God if i go backwards tha’ts why i just keep making process and get up for school with a positive mindset. Lastly, School is really hard for me right now. Not academically at all i’m making great grades. The thing is just getting up and coming to school. Its as if I don’t have a real motivation anymore so i lack sometimes. HIgh school is different than middle. You have so many different clicks ans different things going on. I be deciding on whether i want to end my year off like my 8th grade year or turn around and do something different. I be deciding on if i want to hang out with everybody and be all cool or just stay to myself and worry about me . These are difficult situations so i stay to myself and be all about me. The odyssey connects with my life and everyone else’s because it shows how everyone has problems and should learn to deal with them rather than running away I was once always told “obstacles are put in our way just to see if we want is worth fighting for” so hang in there

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