Odysseus great king of Ithaca conqueror of lands slayer of the cyclops Polyphemus. But also, a super smart narcist who's full of himself that hardly ever listens to his crew mates that’s why I believe he doesn't deserve the leadership awards. More specifically Odysseus doesn't deserve the leadership award because he believes to strongly in himself and does not put enough trust in his crew mates.
For starters, Odysseus doesn't deserve this award because of how he strongly believes in himself and only himself, In the book the odyssey Odysseus and his crew landed on the island of the cyclops he is for warned about the dangers of the island but instead he continues to venture into the cave expecting the cyclops to treat them as if they were normal guests. After they arrive into the cave Odysseus decides it will be a good idea to take some of the cyclops's cheese kids and lambs and stow them on the boat after ignoring the warning from the crew members as stated in lines 125-129 this just shows how little Odysseus thinks of his men now this doesn't put them in immediate danger but afterword they burn the cyclops's food as an offering which does however.…show more content… In the book the crew were forced to go through a stretch of sea that was surrounded by sirens which are mermaid like creatures that draw people in by creating a song that appeals heavily to their victim's senses and is utterly irresistible. To combat the sirens vocal weapon, he fills the crews ears up with beeswax which makes it so that when the sirens call the crew wouldn’t here it but Odysseus decides to be tied to the mast of the ship without beeswax so he can here the song now it may sound like it takes a lot of trust to do this but when the sirens actually start wailing Odysseus begs and pleads his crew to take him down. This is proven in lines
