Hosts tend to act cordial towards their guests, but they do not realize they are holding them back from their travel. Even though it might slow them down, hospitality creates positive relationships between people which ultimately may bring a whole society along. This occurs throughout the Odyssey by Homer. Odysseus does not realize that he is being offset from his aspirations due to the hospitality of the people he meets along his journey, but along the way he is making positive relationships which may be positive and negative for himself and others. First, Odysseus did not realize the effect of hospitality that Calypso had on him. It may be argued that Calypso had an affair with him, but she also acted very generous by allowing Odysseus to
