Who Is Odysseus A Hero

I’m sure that most of you had learned about the Odyssey in History class, right? This story is about how Odysseus is a hero in the story just like how my dad is a hero in my own life. Odysseus is a brave, courageous man that has his own opinion about everything. My dad is a man that doesn’t let people bring him down with their opinion. He is determined with sharing Jesus and his heart is like gold.

Just like Odysseus, my dad has trials in life. In Odysseus’ life one of the things he dealt with was The Island of the Cyclops. In my dad’s life he dealt with being tempted to doing drugs and he got addicted. Odysseus overcame this trial with stabbing the cyclops eye. My dad overcame this trial by Jesus and finding help with our pastor.

Another trial that Odysseus went through to get home was they stopped at Helia and Odysseus’ men eat forbidden cows and all his men die. This was hard for Odysseus because now he had to fight by himself. My dad stills has his past and all the memories but he asked for forgiveness and and now that is in the past. My dad could have felt like he was by himself but really he was surrounded by family and friends just like how others helped Odysseus get home and build his ship, etc.
It took my father over 20 years to become a christian and return home to the presence of the Lord. When Odysseus returned home there was a celebration. Just like whenever my father returned to Jesus there was a celebration on Earth as well as in Heaven. With Odysseus, he had to prove it was him returning home but with my father it was known that it was him and it was