Throughout Odysseus’ life, he faces numerous obstacles. Odysseus, the main character in “The Odyssey”, by Homer, he goes through several people that don’t want him to succeed. His goal is to return home to his wife, Penelope, and his son Telemachus. One of the things that sets him back is when he leaves for 20 years and 7 of those years he spent captive in Calypso’s home. In my life I have goals that I want to achieve early on in life. The first goal is to become a flight attendant. I want to travel the world and make great memories. In order to reach my goal and get that job I would have to accomplish several tasks to reach it.
“Neither reply nor pity came from him”(book,37line,191). This quote came from Odysseus when he was at the land of the cyclops. The cyclops, Polyphemus, didn't care who Odysseus was, weather he was a son of a God or not. Odysseus thought that everyone should like him. Just as I will want everyone to when I become a flight attendant. This is likely happen to me. I will deal with complicated people throughout my career, and have to handle it properly and move on. …show more content…
Such as if a plane is crashing they will need to think fast.They will have to know how to keep everyone calm and help them to not panic. Odysseus has to go through the same situation, when he encounters Scylla. “And no ship’s company can claim to have passed her without loss and grief; she takes, from every ship, one man for every gullet”(book,37,line,56-58). Odysseus would loss men either way so he decided to only lose six instead of all of them. He stayed calm and keep the news to himself. If he would’ve told his men then they wouldn't of wanted to finish the journey. This is a very good example of Odysseus’ smart, hero-like
“Neither reply nor pity came from him”(book,37line,191). This quote came from Odysseus when he was at the land of the cyclops. The cyclops, Polyphemus, didn't care who Odysseus was, weather he was a son of a God or not. Odysseus thought that everyone should like him. Just as I will want everyone to when I become a flight attendant. This is likely happen to me. I will deal with complicated people throughout my career, and have to handle it properly and move on. …show more content…
Such as if a plane is crashing they will need to think fast.They will have to know how to keep everyone calm and help them to not panic. Odysseus has to go through the same situation, when he encounters Scylla. “And no ship’s company can claim to have passed her without loss and grief; she takes, from every ship, one man for every gullet”(book,37,line,56-58). Odysseus would loss men either way so he decided to only lose six instead of all of them. He stayed calm and keep the news to himself. If he would’ve told his men then they wouldn't of wanted to finish the journey. This is a very good example of Odysseus’ smart, hero-like