In the epic, The Odyssey, tells the story of a great warrior named odyssey that takes a long journey and deals with internal and external conflicts that cost him the lives of many. He does this all to get back home and reach his son and wife. The hardest challenge that odysseus had to face was his pride and arrogance. This trait was the major challenge that was holding him back from reaching to Ithaca. One quote that shows the arrogance and pride that Odysseus had was “if ever mortal man inquire how you were put to shame and blinded, tell him Odysseus, raider of cities, took your eye:Laertes’ son, whose home’s on Ithaca!’” In this Moment we see the Pride and arrogance in Odysseus as he exclaims his name to the cyclops not knowing the dangers
