In 1200 BC, Odysseus was called to battle by his allies on the birthday of his son. Without any word of who won or if Odysseus has died, Telemachus, Odysseus’ son, and his family do their best to cope without any news. The Trojan war continued for 10 years, but Odysseus’ journey home took another 10 years. Meanwhile in Ithaca, Telemachus doesn’t have a father to look up to and struggles to mature. In Homer’s The Odyssey, Telemachus’ up and down journey of maturing faces the challenge of standing up to the suitors, finding news of his father, and fighting alongside his father.
As a young man, Telemachus has trouble standing up to the Suitors until Athena gives him the courage to do so. Since he doesn’t have a father figure to guide him, Telemachus struggles to mature. When Prince Telemachus was sitting around the suitors, he was daydreaming about how “if only he might drop from the clouds and drive these suitors all in a rout throughout the halls and regain his pride” (81: 135-137). By sitting around and wishing his father was here to help, Telemachus doesn’t have enough courage to confront them. Additionally, he is mortified that the Suitors wouldn’t accept his stance. Once Athena appears to …show more content…
When we are introduced to Telemachus, he is a very immature teen who struggles to stand up to unwanted guests in his house. But Athena brings him under her shoulder, and gives him a much needed father figure. Even when, you thought that Telemachus matured under her wing; he digressed and became immature when he was on his journey. Finally, under his father's wing telemachus becomes a man. It takes an average man to mature to become an exemplary man under someone, but it takes a amazing man to mature by himself. Telemachus matures to an exemplary man under the wing of
As a young man, Telemachus has trouble standing up to the Suitors until Athena gives him the courage to do so. Since he doesn’t have a father figure to guide him, Telemachus struggles to mature. When Prince Telemachus was sitting around the suitors, he was daydreaming about how “if only he might drop from the clouds and drive these suitors all in a rout throughout the halls and regain his pride” (81: 135-137). By sitting around and wishing his father was here to help, Telemachus doesn’t have enough courage to confront them. Additionally, he is mortified that the Suitors wouldn’t accept his stance. Once Athena appears to …show more content…
When we are introduced to Telemachus, he is a very immature teen who struggles to stand up to unwanted guests in his house. But Athena brings him under her shoulder, and gives him a much needed father figure. Even when, you thought that Telemachus matured under her wing; he digressed and became immature when he was on his journey. Finally, under his father's wing telemachus becomes a man. It takes an average man to mature to become an exemplary man under someone, but it takes a amazing man to mature by himself. Telemachus matures to an exemplary man under the wing of