Ms. Hunter

Eng. H., Per. 2

17/4/06

Odysseus's Struggle to Find His Way Home: His Many Journeys

A typical scene: You and your family take a trip somewhere else, leaving home for a week, maybe 2 weeks at a time, expecting to end your journey back where you started, your home. For Odysseus, the Hero in the epic "The Odyssey", a similar idea came into mind when leaving his home to fight in the Trojan War, unfortunately the journey took more time than he originally anticipated. Odysseus's, original plan was for a single escapade from his house located in Ithaca to fight in the battle of Troy and to come back, but it ended up turning into an adventure, traveling everywhere from a corrupted nymph, to giant Cyclops, even leading him to the land of the dead, showing his personal characteristics such as his perseverance, patients, loyalty and determination...