In the retelling of Homer “The Odyssey” epic poem by Barbara Leoniz Picard. The main character is Odysseus.
Art costa designed 16 personal qualities that’s rich and famous, people have. These included: Stop and Think, Make it Right and Past Knowledge.
The main characters Odysseus are a wise, brave, clever king of the Greek Island of Ithaca. He was travelling home after 10 years of war at Troy.
At the beginning of The Odyssey, Odysseus did not Stop and Think. I know this because when he was at lotus eater. He didn’t make a plan before he sent all his men. “Sailing in the wrong direction the land of the Lotus eater came in sight. They put in to shore, and Odysseus, eve curious as to the customs of the other lands, sent out three men to discover what manner of people dwelt in this country.” (Page: 5)
Another quality that Odysseus lacked was Make it Right. This is seen when they were at hades and he sees one of his men at hades had no idea she had passed. Elpenor requested that after they leave the Land of the Dead, they must go and give his body a proper burial. “He fell from the roof and his neck was broken”. (Page: 33)
A third characterise that Odysseus needed that rear the start of his Journey was to learn from his past. This happened when he sent all his men and they all got killed at Lotus.
During the Journey, Odysseus changed. He improved his ability to stop and think. This happened when Odysseus and his men must navigate to the straits between Scylla and Charybdis. Scylla is a six-headed monster when ships pass, swallows one sailor for each head. Charybdis is an enormous whirlpool that threatens to swallow the entire ship. “As instructed by Circe, Odysseus holds his course tight against the cliffs of Scylla’s lair” (Page: 21). As he and his men stare at Charybdis on the other side of the strait, the heads of Scylla swoop down and gobble up six of the sailors. That meant when the 12 men turn into pigs there were still some men left to Circe the.
He also improved his ability to learn from his past, he didn’t just send all his men to Circe he only send 12. And if she turned them all into swine with a wand after they gorged themselves on it. Only Eurylochus, suspecting treachery from the outset, escaped to warn Odysseus and the others who had stayed behind at the ships.
He also improved his ability to stop and think, when he said that his name was no one to the Cyclops “My name is No-one said Odysseus. Tell me now what gift you will give No-one in exchange for his good wine”. (Page: 10)
This is a retelling of Homer epic poem “The Odyssey”, I have learnt that always think before you do something and always learn from the past. I have done something in the past and now I have learnt that never do it again.
In the Odyssey, the main character, Odysseus changed from the start of the journey to the end. He learnt from his experiences and grew in his personal qualities, so that he reached his goal – home. We can also learn from the past and change to achieve our goals, and more directly and easily, if we learn from characters like Odysseus.
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