Examples Of Ignorance In The Odyssey

Some people say that Ignorance is Bliss. They say this, because they don’t want to know what’s going on in the world, or so called “secrets” that they don’t want to know. There is absolutely no reason to be unaware of your surroundings. In the book, The Odyssey, a man named Odysseus leads a crew, where he has gone through so much to help them get from place to place. One of the main parts in the story is when Odysseus makes it back home. He only tells his son about his return, but he will not tell his wife, Penelope. While some people believe that ignorance is bliss, ignorance is not bliss because helping others requires knowledge, people start to become dependent on others, and extended ignorance leads to sadness. Helping others requires knowledge. Knowledge is about power. Power is about helping people in need. Being unaware is not …show more content…
When people are ignorant, they rely on others to do their job. An example of ignorant people becoming dependent are some people like, the rich with maids. To be honest, they are ignorant because “all things truly indolent start from ignorance” (Ernest Hemingway) and they rely on people to do work for them. Being dependent means to be sluggish. When someone is lazy, they become unaware of their surroundings. I know some people that have never mowed their lawn. To me that’s weird because I cut our grass once a week. The thing that happens is the individual starts to become dependent on older siblings or even their elders. Sometimes people that are unaware trust others “Odysseus went to pray, and came to see his crew was being killed by lightning bolts.” (Homer, Odyssey 788) Since Odysseus trusted his crew, and went to pray, everyone died. He was unaware of the matter, and lost his crew. If he wouldn’t have depended on his crew not to kill the cattle, they would more than likely, not have died. When people start to depend on others, they aren’t aware of any situations happening on the