The Right Decision Making In The Odyssey

The Arab and Balducci came to visit the schoolmaster, Daru, because police officials wanted Daru to transport him to the prison in Tinguit. Allegedly the Arab murdered his own cousin oddly no one knows the full the story about the crime. Daru declined the job however, he took the Arab to a crossroad where one path led to prison and the other to freedom. The Arab was given the choice to decide which path he wanted to follow. Surprisingly the Arab chose the path to prison. Everyone is wondering if Daru made the right decision by allowing the Arab to choose between the two paths. Decision making can be a difficult task. It's always a mystery because no one ever knows the right decision to make. Daru was absolutely right to give the Arab a choice between freedom and prison because he's just a schoolmaster and he does not have the …show more content…
"Besides he had enough to resist a siege for the little room was cluttered with bags of wheat that the administration left as stock to distribute to those of pupils whose families had suffered from the drought" (Camus 5). This is proof that he has a big heart because he didn’t have to take on the task of handing out food but, he did. Balducci says "His village was beginning to stir; they wanted to take him back" (Camus 7). Daru did not want to endanger his job by handing the Arab over because the only reason he was being transported was because his village was causing problems.
Daru's compassionate ways is the reason he could not treat the Arab as a prisoner. Balducci gave the Arab over to Daru with no knowledge of his crime. He knows that the Arab could possibly be a criminal however, he treats him as a normal citizen. Daru allows him to roam free, eat and sleep in the same building as him. Daru stated "he perhaps be untied" (Camus 6). That implies that he does not care about the Arab past and he still is going to treat him as a regular