When reading Chapter 22 of the Iliad it conjured up imagery of real life drone attacks. Hector, the enemy of the more powerful Achilles is chased down and killed with little to no pain or danger to Achilles. Achilles is blessed with superhuman strength, while Hector, a normal man is expected to fight this force of nature with no help. The citizens of the city are too afraid as well as unable to help Hector. The city itself has been attacked by Achilles as is terrified of his power and is unwilling to draw the attention of him once more. Achilles is the drone, the mighty weapons that flies around the sky and at any moment raining destruction on people who have no real way to fight back themselves. It has been shown that after drones attack a city, such as the village…show more content… That idea is not a part of American military policy. Also, in practical sense, in drone operations something like that could never happen. On a darker note, another difference is that Hector was able to fight back, unlike victims of drone attacks. While there are some definite differences between drone attacks and the classic story of the Iliad, the basic premise can be compared. The effects in both stories are the same, a person is killed by a powerful force that gets no damage. However, in the story of the Iliad Achilles goes back a victor feeling accomplished and powerful. In the case of the drone operators, many experience guilt, PTSD, severe depression, and more after realizing they killed people. Some people even wrestle with the fear that maybe they killed innocents, something that they can never know for sure (CITATION FROM MAGAZINE). While the Iliad is a comparable story, it does not incorporate the experiences of the drone operators, the ‘real life Achilles’. It also simplifies a very complex operation but in general the Iliad is an effective generalization of drone
