The Odyssey- Dax Lasell

Dax Lasell

The Odyssey

In the story of the odyssey there are many values told and then there were many values that had to be accomplished. Odysseus going to war was a huge choice he had to make. He had a wife and newborn baby. These things influenced his choice on going or not. But his value of being a noble fighter and living up to his word he had to go. The gods were even behind him on this choice.
The Trojan War was hard and long, over ten years long. And an uncountable number of men and people in general were killed. He went himself and fought for his name. And he lived. By fighting this war he honored the gods, because they wanted him to go. He also did things on his journey that would disgrace the gods and upset them at him.
On his journey another one of his things to do was duties. On his journey he had to keep his men safe so they could accompany him on his way home and help fight any monsters that blocked them. He needed them to also hunt, row the boat, and to be a team. Because in that time traveling the seas by yourself was a very hard thing to do, almost even impossible. But his men only lasted so long and of course Odysseus lives.
On his journey he was captured many times by many people and gods. While he was still with his men they found an island and went to it. But then they some of his men was turned into animals. Odysseus did Circes a favor and she turned all of his men back into real people. While they stayed at this island the time went real fast. Like ten years fast. They were being treated like kings everyday and got everything they wanted by many beautiful ladies. So they didn’t realize the time. After twenty years of fighting and being captured and tortured and so on he finally returned home. He could finally see his child that he could never see. Now he finally got to see him. But he was devastated when he returned to see what his men did to his land and how they were treating his wife. It was his time for revenge. He had to avenge his wife, land, and mostly his whole life! So he disguised himself and saw who was doing what to his place, then he killed them. He saw that they didn’t respect him so he shouldn’t to him. And ofcourse since his name is Odysseus he wins and everything is good again.