Accepting Ideas In Homer's Odyssey

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I’ve observed a friend of mine who didn’t work well with others because she would like to be the high-handed one in the group and give others directions they must abide by. However, she realized that the people in her group weren’t liking the way she would control things and act, so she opened her mind and listened to the group members for a day rather than always speaking. It turned out that they had really great ideas which would have helped the group with their prompts, causing the friend of mine to realize that she doesn’t need all that control and that she should take consideration of others. Like this friend of mine, Odysseus, the main character from the epic, The Odyssey, written by Homer, realizes on his journey back home that he must change from being self-absorbed to aware and willing to accept ideas because …show more content…
Until we grasp the fact that we can’t always be in control, we won’t be able to recognize the significance of help from other people.
Because Odysseus saw that he lost control on his raft, it caused him to realize that he must not let his ego get in the way and there are things that he can’t control, which demonstrates that when we try to have absolute control over everything, things don’t turn out as planned. Before Odysseus set out to leave the island of Calypso, he didn’t expect much to go wrong “I have a heart that is unured to suffering and I shall steel it to endure that too. For in my day I have had many bitter and painful experiences in war and on the stormy seas. So let this new disaster come.” (68). Since
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