Comparing The Odyssey to Modern Day Soldiers Many people have served or are serving in the military. Many of those people came back home a completely different person facing new problems that can mount up to be worse than standing in a battlefield. The Odyssey has showed people that these hardships are not modern. There are many instances in The Odyssey that feature a parallel or comparison to modern day soldiers’ homecoming. The changes at home, adapting back to society, and trying to rebuild past
The War Veterans’ Trials The heroic commander Odysseus commanded the army that beat the Trojans by using the Trojan horse. He and his comrades are traveling back their home town of Ithaca. He faces many trials that require him to implement Metis to accomplish Nostos. These trials delay the return of Odysseus and his men. The Odyssey, an epic about Odysseus’s struggles to reach his home of Ithaca, presents Greek morals through a series of books. In The Odyssey external forces such as gods and monsters
Complications of a Soldier No matter how long one serves, the effects on a person after being a soldier are lifelong and difficult to cope with. Odysseus is a prime example of the way war can change a person. The struggles a modern soldier face are represented by the situations Odysseus faced in The Odyssey. He, like every modern soldier, is sent home to deal with his gained physical, mental, and social handicaps all on his own. While some things are out of human reach, there are many situations
barrack may seem surreal. The experiences and emotions of veterans have been explored as far back as the 8th century BC by Homer in the Odyssey. As Caroline Alexander states in her New York Times article, “Back from War, But Not Really Home,” the sense of dislocation Odysseus experiences at the close of the Trojan War is what veterans today.
The Iliad and the Odyssey are the most influential works I’ve read. I believe they’re the most influential works because of their impact on today’s society and the ancient society. The narratives have spread all over the world, inspiring artists, poets and writers everywhere. They’re still constantly imitated and translated despite the pattern of rapid change society normally goes through. These two epic poems are the most well-known works composed by Homer and are still referenced to by many and
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refashioned representation of Odysseus is give the reader a glimpse of what it means to be a hero both on and off the battlefield. In this epic poem, Odysseus faces a host of circumstances vastly different than those he had to contend with during the war, and although he does not always respond with brute strength, his responses are nevertheless heroic. Surely, his heroic journey will prove to be much like that of Abraham of the Old Testament, wherein both men achieve a moral evolution through their