The Author and his Times The author of the Odyssey‚ to this day‚ remains unknown. Early Greeks have accredited works such as the "Homeric Hyms"‚ The Iliad‚ and The Odyssey to an individual by the name of Homer. However‚ there are some scientists that insist these said works were product of a group of people and not one man. This particular group of scientists claims that the subject matter of the writings is too diverse for them to have been the product of just one person. Despite these differing
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Corzo Many think a hero has to be gorgeous and have super human-like abilities‚ but that is not the truth. Batman was based off an everyday average guy who wore leggings and ran around a city all day long saving lives. A hero can be considered many things‚ but mostly a hero is someone who is intelligent and carries selfless acts. What many don’t consider is that a hero is a casual civilian that rises to any challenge and accomplishes a deed of a “superhero.” The thing is a hero can be an ordinary
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A hero in my eyes is someone who is strongly wise‚ helpful‚ and caring. My mother portrays all of these wonderful qualities. She is the greatest friend‚ Mom‚ and counselor to be around and look up to. To be a hero you have to be strongly wise.My mom knows how to help me out of tough times by staying strong and using her knowledge to guide me in the right direction. She has gone through so many of life’s obstacles that she knows from experience how to help me. When times get tough a hero never
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Throughout the book The Odyssey‚ Odysseus demonstrates he is a hero through his cunning actions.Odysseus has portrayed how cunning he is when he and his men were trapped inside the Cyclops’s cave. Trying to escape‚he comes up with a plan to get the cyclops drunk and blind him. The text states‚ “‘ Among all my schemes and machinations‚ the best plan I could think of was this.”(9). This reveals how Odysseus repeatedly used his crafty and sly personality to overcome challenging obstacles. When asked
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Robert Renfroe‚ better known as Bob Riley once said‚ “Hard times don’t create heroes. It is during hard times when the ‘hero’ within us is revealed”. In The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton‚ Johnny Cade is a 16-year-old Greaser with long and greasy ebony hair covering his forehead. He has dark pusillanimous eyes and a scar that runs from his forehead to his cheekbone. Johnny is portrayed as an abused boy who was emotionally and physically traumatized‚ but throughout the novel‚ it is revealed that he is a
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These champions‚ while spread across our world and its ages‚ share some key characteristics with each other. This formulaic composition of heroes‚ while it can deviate‚ has stayed true since the dawn of history. This remains true with the Finnish hero god‚ Vainamoinen. (okay so his name has a bunch of umlauts and such but I can’t type that every time.) The central theme around which these great heroes form consists of three main acts: The Call to adventure‚ the Transformation‚ and the Return. These
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Brothers demonstrated the ideas of what goes around comes around‚ and revenge is bittersweet. In an epic named The Odyssey by Homer‚ Odysseus is returning home from the Trojan War‚ yet his journey is prolonged as he faces numerous obstacles from the gods and struggles with his desire to pillage every town he encounters. The cultural values from A Tale of Two Brothers and The Odyssey are similar in how their lessons consist of anti-women and the importance of the relationship with the gods. However
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Ukrani 1 The Three Stages “It is good to have and end to journey toward‚ but it is the journey that matters in the end‚”(Ursula K. LeGuin). One of my biggest journeys in life is when I started to play badminton. My personal experiences‚ and my experiences with others and the world reflect three of the first five stages of the archetypal journey. My journey starts with the ordinary world‚ the call to adventure‚ and the meeting of the mentor. Experiences in my ordinary world have shaped my beliefs and understandings of
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The Odyssey and The Pearl: Loyalty Loyalty to another person or to a cause may be an admirable trait‚ but it can lead to either positive or negative consequences. In Homer’s epic The Odyssey and John Steinbeck’s novel The Pearl there are characters that show great examples of this trait. Penelope in The Odyssey and Juana in The Pearl are the most obvious‚ although there are many. Penelope stayed loyal to Odysseus while he was on his twenty-year journey and Juana stayed by her husband through
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A Hero’s Journey is about a character who lives as an ordinary life then an event happen that makes the character leave his normal life and go into an adventure. According to the book “The Hero with a Thousand Faces” by Joseph Campbell. The hero must pass trial in his adventure. He or she must achieve his goal to get a reward or go back to his ordinary life. In the movie “Wanted” by Michael Brandt highlights the Hero’s journey because the hero got rid of his old life and goes on an adventure to avenge
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