During his journey, he takes on challenges that most would either fail or turn away from showing his courage to move forward. Throughout the epic, Odysseus comes up against many impossible situations that he makes possible because of this courage: "gasping as Scylla swung them upon her cliff and there at her cavern's mouth, she bolted them down raw-screaming out, flinging their arms toward me...of all the pitiful things I've had to witness, suffering, search out the pathways of the sea, this wrenched my heart the most" (279.276-282). This situation not only shows his will to persevere through this horrid encounter with a monster, but also how he uses the strength gained from his past encounters. For example, he classifies these situations as 'pitiful' and 'suffering' showing the journeys he ventured from were not pleasing, but he pushed through them looking for his end goal (reach Ithaca his home). Not only does this show how courage was essential in Odysseus' world but also how it plays a role now.…