Dialogue Essays: Odysseus Of Homer's Odyssey

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Before he conked out, he asked Odysseus his name. “Nobody,” replied our master.
“Well, Mr. Nobody, I like you,” said the Cyclops drowsily. “In fact, I like you so much that I’m going to do you a favor. I’ll eat you last.” said Polyphemus while me and the other men are watching them having a conversation and trapped inside the cave of Polyphemus.
During our journey of going home, The sight of him brought us Greeks to fullest attention. He was as big as a barn, with a single glaring eye in the middle of his forehead. He was one of the Cyclopes, giant blacksmiths who had built Olympus for the gods. This particular Cyclops was named Polyphemus. Only a few steps outside his cave was the other giants who might eat us if we get caught.
When we got
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We are just Oedipus’ men we doesn’t have the power to make a move, maybe all we have to do for now is to wait.” I replied.
“But do you think we can still get out of this cave? Alive?” He asked. I just stayed quiet and that gives me the thought.
“At least we must do not lose hope.”
“I believe that we face challenges even if it is hard but we still need to hope for the best” Agape said.” After what he said we just both turned our attention to Polyphemus.
I thought about my family back home. Wondering when I will be with my loved ones again, If I ever gonna come back or If I’m ever gonna survive to this stage of challenge of us.
In the morning, as usual, Polyphemus does his morning routine to go outside and was about to get his rams outside without knowing that Odysseus came up the plan and clung us one by one to the ram’s belly and because Polyphemus is blind we escaped his cave and without him noticing it.
When Polyphemus realized the deception he rushed to the seaside, where Odysseus, I, and my fellow men were rowing hard for safety. Odysseus could not resist a taunt. “Just to set the record straight, the name’s Odysseus,” he called across the water.
“But you have Nobody to thank for your troubles — nobody but yourself, that

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