Odyssey - Odysseus is a good leader
Essay
Odysseus is a Good Leader Odysseus was a man who was known for both his good and bad leadership qualities. Homer, the blind poet and the author of ‘the Odysseus’ has portrayed Odysseus as an ambiguous character. However, in my opinion and in this argument Odysseus have more good leadership qualities than bad leadership qualities. Throughout this epic, readers can see that Odysseus made many leadership decisions and took actions when it should be made. He was intelligent, fair and fearless. Many incidents in Homer’s epic, points out his intelligence, fairness and fearlessness throughout their journey. Throughout Odysseus ‘journey to his home in Ithaca, he has faced many hardships and troubles which resulted in the death of his men and the crew but he tried all that he can to protect and save his reckless men. He was very intelligent, that he took actions and made decisions suddenly which will benefit the whole crew. As Homer States, “You will not let us sleep. “Sure no man’s driving off your flock? No man has tricked you, ruined you? Out of the cave the mammoth Polyphemus roared in answer: ‘Nohbdy, Nohbdy’s tricked me. Nohbdy’s ruined me!” While they got trapped inside at the Cyclops cave, Odysseus introduces himself as ‘Nohbdy’ so when Cyclops screams, he would say ‘nobody’ hurt him. Odysseus made the Cyclops blind in order to stop him from eating all of his men which shows his intelligence and good leadership. Odysseus was fair that he made decisions to show the support to all his men regardless how strong they were. Being fair is one of the most important leadership qualities because if a leader is not fair, his followers will underestimate themselves thinking that they are no good to the group and this can cause bigger problems. To avoid that Odysseus tossed a coin to pick the men to go up to Cyclops and blind him with a spear. As Homer states, “now came the time to toss for it: who ventured along with me? Whose hand could bear to thrust and grind
Odysseus is a Good Leader Odysseus was a man who was known for both his good and bad leadership qualities. Homer, the blind poet and the author of ‘the Odysseus’ has portrayed Odysseus as an ambiguous character. However, in my opinion and in this argument Odysseus have more good leadership qualities than bad leadership qualities. Throughout this epic, readers can see that Odysseus made many leadership decisions and took actions when it should be made. He was intelligent, fair and fearless. Many incidents in Homer’s epic, points out his intelligence, fairness and fearlessness throughout their journey. Throughout Odysseus ‘journey to his home in Ithaca, he has faced many hardships and troubles which resulted in the death of his men and the crew but he tried all that he can to protect and save his reckless men. He was very intelligent, that he took actions and made decisions suddenly which will benefit the whole crew. As Homer States, “You will not let us sleep. “Sure no man’s driving off your flock? No man has tricked you, ruined you? Out of the cave the mammoth Polyphemus roared in answer: ‘Nohbdy, Nohbdy’s tricked me. Nohbdy’s ruined me!” While they got trapped inside at the Cyclops cave, Odysseus introduces himself as ‘Nohbdy’ so when Cyclops screams, he would say ‘nobody’ hurt him. Odysseus made the Cyclops blind in order to stop him from eating all of his men which shows his intelligence and good leadership. Odysseus was fair that he made decisions to show the support to all his men regardless how strong they were. Being fair is one of the most important leadership qualities because if a leader is not fair, his followers will underestimate themselves thinking that they are no good to the group and this can cause bigger problems. To avoid that Odysseus tossed a coin to pick the men to go up to Cyclops and blind him with a spear. As Homer states, “now came the time to toss for it: who ventured along with me? Whose hand could bear to thrust and grind