Compare And Contrast Odysseus And Everett

Sometimes leaders may get distracted, even the good ones, but it is their job to realize that they are the ones who made a mistake and take the consequences that come with their mistakes. Some leaders only lead for the glory of their people. Odysseus from The Odyssey and Ulysses Everett Mcgill from O Brother Where Art Thou were both good leaders and their men looked up to them. Even though their similarities there are some things that make them different. Although Everett and Odysseus are alike, Everett has better skills to be a leader, which helped him and his crew get to where they need to go. Odysseus and Everett were both on a journey to get home to their families. In The Odyssey, Odysseus has been away for twenty years. He was at the Trojan War for ten years and it took him ten more to get home. In O Brother Where Art Thou, Everett escaped from the chain so he could go home and get his wife back. Both men are vain. In O Brother Where Art Thou, when Everett and his men are trying to fix their car so they could get away, Everett is supposed to be getting car parts, but he is worried about the treatment for his hair. This shows that Everett can get sidetracked easily when it comes to himself and he doesn’t even think about what he
Both of the men Odysseus and Everett are very vain, they are both dissipate with their self-image. Odysseus gets distracted by a lovely goddess and doesn’t leave her for a while; his men have to tell him to leave. Everett ended up falling into the same situation, but can easily spring back into action. After Odysseus and Everett make a mistake Everett apologizes to his men and asks for forgiveness. However Odysseus keeps all of his feelings to himself. In all the leaders today and along time ago lead for different reasons, how would we lead in different