Tris Vs Odysseus

Tris V.S Odysseus. Who Will Win? Imagine a world without heroes, no one to guide the helpless citizens that roam about from the terrible evils that poison the world. A hero is someone who is idolized for their actions or qualities, someone who acquires the qualities of strong leader, who will guide society away from the evils of the world. Two great heroes are Odysseus, a made up character, from Homer’s The Odyssey, and Tris, the main character, from Veronica Roth’s series Divergent. While Odysseus may have been an original hero, Tris has blossomed like a flower to become a much better hero than Odysseus. One would be right to think that Odysseus is hero because he is brave, strong, and smart, however he uses all his hero qualities for himself. To begin, Odysseus is a hero because he is brave. The text states,“‘Now!’
Tris is a great hero because she is brave In the movie, Tris ziplines down from the 100th story of a building (Divergent). This shows that Tris is a greater hero than Odysseus because she was brave, but not for her own good, but just to pursue a tradition. Tris is a magnanimous hero because she is selfless. In the book Allegiant, Tris, instead of her brother, volunteers to go on a suicide mission and sacrifices herself instead (Roth). This shows that Tris is selfless because she actually gives her life for someone else, whereas Odysseus would have given others’ lives to save himself. Tris is the best hero because she is very shrewd. In the movie, Tris decides that, for a game of capture the flag, she needs to get a higher view to look for the other team’s flag. She finds it and wins the game for her team. (Divergent). This shows that Tris is a hero because she is smart and had very good strategies that are not as obvious as Odysseus’ strategies and plans, yet they are less daring and more