Why Odysseus Is An Epic Hero

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My main idea is that i think that being being an epic hero you need to have power, strength, discipline, and you have to be kindness. All this four things Odysseus have them. Odysseus is a kind person. He has a good discipline to stay on one situation or on one place until the end. He is also very mortal that can resist everything and gives all his effort. Odysseus has all this many reasons to be a hero. The weakness part of Odysseus is that he has a very bad point and easy point that weak him.

One of my reasons i think Odysseus is my epic hero is because he is very kind with people around him that needs help. He seemed kind with people that believe in him or make him seem to have to reason. In paragraph 6 it say " crazed with the serene song, Odysseus tried to sing to the crew to let him go." Some people say that he was rude by telling the crowed to sign to let him go but he really was helping the crowed to let them free. At last he did help the crewed overall some people didn't even want Odysseus to get out and he was kind to help those who didn't sing.
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He needs healthy food and ice cream is just making it worse. Odysseus is a strong hero, he needs healthy food to keep it up but ice cream just make it worse. How is he going to continue being a strong hero by eating junk food. He is also a clean, mature person, junk food will make him hyper and will just make him do stuff he's not suppose to

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