How Odysseus Fights In The Epic Poem, The Odyssey

In the epic poem The Odyssey the main character Odysseus fights in the Trojan War for 10 years. Odysseus has to go through many difficult situations, to find his way back home and when he does, he has to fight off the suitors that took over his home while he was away. This poem was written by Homer and translated by Robert Fitzgerald and a different version by Samuel Butler. This poem gives many life lessons that happen over time and shows how things have changed.
After Odysseus fought in the Trojan war for 10 years he started home and had to face many battles. While he was going through these battles he had to risk some things to get home safely. One of those lessons was either him and all his men die all at once with the boat or he loses six of his men. “Better to mourn six men than lose them all, and the ship, too”(Homer 12.70). This happened with Scylla and Charybdis when Odysseus was trying to get back home but didn’t want to be seen by Zeus. Another lesson happened when Odysseus got home. He could of walked into his home and killed the suitors then and there, but he waited for the right moment to do that. While he waited for that time, he went into his home as a beggar and waited before he killed them.
Some of the things that grownups have to go through that are like Odysseus are families that have family issues like they are divorced and only one of the parents has custody. Being a grown means that you have lots of responsibilities like your kids and bills and a good paying job. Sometimes things don’t go the way you plan and you have to do something differently to make it work, and that is what Odysseus did. When he was going home, he had to do different things and take risks to get back home