Essay #1

            I, along with probably most of the class, blew off most of the summer homework until the last minute. But in truth, I mostly blew the entire thing off. I know my mind set is better than to just completely ignore a task, but I chose to do so anyway. In return I regret it due to the fact that I now have less time to complete my work than I would have if I attempted to do so during the summer. I kept putting it off until the last moment and had to choose which of the assignments I would end up actually trying to do, and I chose to read Pride and Prejudice because the other two just did not peak my interest to indulge into. That may also be a reason why I chose not to do my work, because the readings did not seem to be of something I would find enjoyable to read, but I understand my responsibility was to get those done and I highly regret it now and will do my best to catch up to where the rest of the class is. But for now, I will write my essay on something I am familiar with, The Odyssey.

            Being alienated from a place you once called home, whether it be forever or a short amount of time, will always be a big struggle for the person doing the leaving. In the Odyssey, being an ancient Greek epic, the main character, Odysseus, is lost on his journey back to his home in Ithaca. Odysseus is stuck with this long journey ahead of him to return to the place he once called home and to his wife and son.

            Odysseus’s journey leaves him struggling on the path to find his way back to his home. He encounters numerous complications throughout this journey but never once has the urge to give up and keeps on fighting through everything he faces. Being stranded from your home for over ten years in different desolate places would probably lead most people to give up and try and live on with what they now have, but not with Odysseus’s struggles. Odysseus’s story can be taken as a life lesson for anyone interested enough to listen about it because Odysseus faced some tough challenges like when he visits the kingdom and retells his story of what he went through and having to fight the Cyclops and the sea monster, all while still not giving up on his hopes to return home, is a perfect example for a story to be told over and over to inspire people to do what they can to achieve something and even if they don’t to keep fighting for it too. Even when Odysseus does make it back to his home of Ithaca, he still has to deal with the suitors to fight; luckily he is alongside his son with that battle.