Alisa
barham
May
29, 2014
Odysseus and
the Odyssey
In the story the Odyssey there was a lot of
character traits going on with Odysseus. Some character traits he valued were
courage, compassion and intelligence. All of these things listed Odysseus
didn’t know about his self. He took a long journey away from his family lost
and somewhat confused.
Odysseus was a person with courage. H displayed
courage by fighting the Cyclops. He also went to hell alone because he didn’t want
anybody else to die. Another thing that he did was fight in the Trojan war. He took
charge of what he needed to do and did it well.
Another character trait I seen in Odysseus was that
he was very compassionate. Odysseus felt sad about the loss of his crew. He
made his wife promise to marry again if he didn’t return. He also wanted to
make sure that his wife stilled felt the same about him. Those were some
examples that showed him having courage.
Odysseus was very intelligent with the things that
he did. He built a ship to leave from Calypso’s island. Odysseus learned the
hard way that great ones have patience and to never give up. With the
intelligence he gained he knew not to rush in to see Penelope without knowing
for sure that she still loved him. Those were some examples that demonstrated
his intelligence.
Odysseus was very smart but didn’t know how to use
it to the best of his ability. He learned that he couldn’t do nor be anything
without the gods helps. He had more traits than the ones listed above. He was
faithful, cunning and even arrogant.
