Odysseus Journey Analysis
The last test off a unit in school, the longest family trip of your life, a breakup, and an exam. These experiences when compared don’t seem to have much in common or at least that’s what one one would think at first. But we too often forget the most important part about these destinations. The values, lessons, and ideals they’ve taught us. Even the most painful and mentally draining draining adventure have taught us lessons. And that’s what makes a journey more important than your destination. When you truly experience it and take advantage of the lessons it’s teaching you in the moment.
A journey is not something we’re going to simply forget, even if sometimes you’d like to. Not to say it will be easy, but the more beneficial course in life …show more content…
As a reflection upon the story itself the main character say this “Those adventures made a long evening, and I do not hold with tiresome repetition of a story.” (Homer 956-957) You would that after all Odysseus has been through he would have just given up. Gone and lived on one of the abandoned islands or maybe even an inhabited one. But he doesn’t. He doesn’t give up and he keeps moving forward even though it hurts. This whole way he has been losing friends and allies, but it doesn’t stop him. He’s been through physical and mental trauma, but he doesn’t just quit because he knows that that would be betraying everything the ordeal has been trying to teach him. As much as the journey will sometimes hurt, it’s important to take your time. Speeding your way through a journey can not only be dangerous at times, but it’s cheating yourself out of a life lesson and everything else it has …show more content…
It’s extremely satisfying to earn something for ourselves. We know that we can count on ourselves because we’ve gone through a journey to get what we have and where we are. We, for a better term, have inspired ourselves by putting ourselves through something with something other than complete ease. It’s made a difference to us that we’ve done something with our own two hands. You took the road less traveled and you have reaped the benefits from doing
A journey is not something we’re going to simply forget, even if sometimes you’d like to. Not to say it will be easy, but the more beneficial course in life …show more content…
As a reflection upon the story itself the main character say this “Those adventures made a long evening, and I do not hold with tiresome repetition of a story.” (Homer 956-957) You would that after all Odysseus has been through he would have just given up. Gone and lived on one of the abandoned islands or maybe even an inhabited one. But he doesn’t. He doesn’t give up and he keeps moving forward even though it hurts. This whole way he has been losing friends and allies, but it doesn’t stop him. He’s been through physical and mental trauma, but he doesn’t just quit because he knows that that would be betraying everything the ordeal has been trying to teach him. As much as the journey will sometimes hurt, it’s important to take your time. Speeding your way through a journey can not only be dangerous at times, but it’s cheating yourself out of a life lesson and everything else it has …show more content…
It’s extremely satisfying to earn something for ourselves. We know that we can count on ourselves because we’ve gone through a journey to get what we have and where we are. We, for a better term, have inspired ourselves by putting ourselves through something with something other than complete ease. It’s made a difference to us that we’ve done something with our own two hands. You took the road less traveled and you have reaped the benefits from doing