Figurative Language In The Odyssey
As a general society, legacies and reputations are naturally formed, yet the drive and need for validation to feel like you belong has increased over the modern era, why is this? Why is it now that people live for recognition over passion? These questions of the motivation of one’s actions are answered in Homer’s epic the “Odyssey”, a story of a man struggling to get home after war =. Similarly, in “The Journey”, a narrative of finding true aspirations in life through audience perspective and “Ulysses”, a revelation of the benefit of the underlying motives to explore new cultures. People undertake journeys to prove their worthiness and power to peers yet in doing so learn that self appreciation should be valued over the acceptance by others.
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The speaker in the poem is currently at a crossroads in life where there is opportunity to act upon their ambitions. Yet before they can make a change there is an “old tug at your [their] ankles” forcing other people’s “bad advice” into their conscious (8-9). The “bad advice” coming to life and grasping the speaker physically creates an emphasis in the emotional impact a decision can have on a person. By personifying the advice, attention is being drawn to the obligation to conform to the general consensus or opinion of peers. Throughout the poem there is a conflict between following heart or society but the speaker suggests that the audience in the end is only “determined to save the only life you [they] could” (lines 35-36). Indirectly proposing an idea to infer that the only guaranteed life a person can save is their own connects to the ethos appeal. The audience can identify with this claim and take it in their own perspective to connect with personal experiences. This paints a bigger picture because by one saving them it shows priorities and valuing your own life over others. By choosing to help yourself, one becomes more self aware, kind and resourceful to others who are also figure out where they are going in their journey. [closing
The speaker in the poem is currently at a crossroads in life where there is opportunity to act upon their ambitions. Yet before they can make a change there is an “old tug at your [their] ankles” forcing other people’s “bad advice” into their conscious (8-9). The “bad advice” coming to life and grasping the speaker physically creates an emphasis in the emotional impact a decision can have on a person. By personifying the advice, attention is being drawn to the obligation to conform to the general consensus or opinion of peers. Throughout the poem there is a conflict between following heart or society but the speaker suggests that the audience in the end is only “determined to save the only life you [they] could” (lines 35-36). Indirectly proposing an idea to infer that the only guaranteed life a person can save is their own connects to the ethos appeal. The audience can identify with this claim and take it in their own perspective to connect with personal experiences. This paints a bigger picture because by one saving them it shows priorities and valuing your own life over others. By choosing to help yourself, one becomes more self aware, kind and resourceful to others who are also figure out where they are going in their journey. [closing