My Personal Hero Journey In Homer's Odyssey
Jeannie Watts
Mrs. Smith
English 9
Period 2
May 20, 2013
My Personal Hero Journey Have you ever thought about the fact that you are on a
journey? Every single person is on a personal life journey. We all
became more ourselves and developed throughout our life journey
and became a different, more mature person along the way. The
Odyssey by Homer is an epic poem that is a metaphor for life that
teaches its reader that they have challenges that shape who they are,
they have allies / mentors who help you along the way and that you will have a big challenge in their journey that they must overcome.
First, throughout a person’s journey, there are challenges that
help shape the hero …show more content…
This also shows
how he had to face many people to become that strong and capable to
do these things. An example in my life is when I helped my mom create
a baseball clinic for young children. This makes me feel very proud of
myself to be able to complete this because it took a lot of time and
effort. After all, I would not be able to be so cooperative because it
took a while and I had to be very patient. In the end, Odysseus and I
have had many challenges that we have to complete to make a better
person out of ourselves.
Second, a hero’s journey will contain allies / mentors to
help you succeed. For example, “She warns him that his palace is
overrun by more than 100 suitors who, believing Odysseus is dead,
want to marry Penelope.” (blue). With this help, Odysseus was able to
disguise himself and fight for Penelope. If Odysseus did not have this
help, he would not have known that men were competing to take what
he has. An example in my life is my mom. She is always there for me
right by my side no matter what giving me advice and offering me
guidance. With this help, I got through a lot of situations easier
Mrs. Smith
English 9
Period 2
May 20, 2013
My Personal Hero Journey Have you ever thought about the fact that you are on a
journey? Every single person is on a personal life journey. We all
became more ourselves and developed throughout our life journey
and became a different, more mature person along the way. The
Odyssey by Homer is an epic poem that is a metaphor for life that
teaches its reader that they have challenges that shape who they are,
they have allies / mentors who help you along the way and that you will have a big challenge in their journey that they must overcome.
First, throughout a person’s journey, there are challenges that
help shape the hero …show more content…
This also shows
how he had to face many people to become that strong and capable to
do these things. An example in my life is when I helped my mom create
a baseball clinic for young children. This makes me feel very proud of
myself to be able to complete this because it took a lot of time and
effort. After all, I would not be able to be so cooperative because it
took a while and I had to be very patient. In the end, Odysseus and I
have had many challenges that we have to complete to make a better
person out of ourselves.
Second, a hero’s journey will contain allies / mentors to
help you succeed. For example, “She warns him that his palace is
overrun by more than 100 suitors who, believing Odysseus is dead,
want to marry Penelope.” (blue). With this help, Odysseus was able to
disguise himself and fight for Penelope. If Odysseus did not have this
help, he would not have known that men were competing to take what
he has. An example in my life is my mom. She is always there for me
right by my side no matter what giving me advice and offering me
guidance. With this help, I got through a lot of situations easier