The Odysseus Was Granted In The Movie, The Odyssey

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This movie "The Odyssey", took so long journey. It talks about the home coming of Odysseus after the fall of trojans.It's been years before Odysseus came home to his kingdom because he was punished by the God of sea.He faced all the obstacles given by the Gods and till he come home. And that was the most emotional and sentimental moments I felt when he come home because after all the years he struggled and suffered ,a moment of come home was granted, a moment of happiness with his family and his kingdom. The Odyssey is a great epic, Odysseus is an extra ordinary man because of he's qualities and abilities.He is brave, strong, loving, dependent, leader, faithfull and full of hope.But the morals caught me most from

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