Examples Of Allegory In The Odyssey

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There is an epic poem in this world that can relate to my life and acts as an allegory. The epic poem, The Odyssey by Homer, has hidden messages that relates to my life. In The Odyssey, Odysseus faces many things during and after his journey to reach his goals. In my life, I have many goals but there are many things that get in my way from reaching these goals. Odysseus and I face temptations, obstacles and having friends to rely on to achieve our goals. Odysseus is tempted with the Sirens, having to overcome Scylla that he encountered on his journey and has Athena as a friend. I face with procrastination, friends, and school work to achieve my goals. The Odyssey is an allegory that can relate to my life as I reach goals as Odysseus faces temptations, …show more content…
One specific monster that he had to overcome was Scylla. When Odysseus and his men encounter Scylla, Odysseus fought, “so I tied on my cuirass and took up / two heavy spears, the made my way along / to the foredeck,” (Homer 12.166-68). This shows that when he came upon Scylla, who got in his way, he had to overcome her to get home. There are many obstacles that gets in my way from achieving my goals. One obstacles is working with people that does not do anything. In sixth grade, I had a science project to do and my partner did nothing. I had to overcome this struggle that came my way unintentionally to finish this project and present to the class. I had to accept the fact that my partner wasn’t going to do much and I had to do as much as I could to get it done. Another example in my life where I had to overcome an obstacle was dealing with a lot of homework and stress. In school, there was a day where I had a lot of homework in each of my class. I procrastinated most of the day and I became stressed out with everything. I had things going on in my life and the timing wasn’t in my favor. I had to think positive and do my best to get everything done while listening to music because it made me happy. These obstacles were getting in my way from achieving my goal and Odysseus’. Odysseus having obstacles in his life as well as in mine, shows that The Odyssey is like a journey through …show more content…
During Odysseus long journey he faced many temptations, obstacles, and he had Athena as a friend to help him. Odysseus’ journey relates to things I face while achieving my goals. I face with temptations from procrastinating and friends, obstacles such as stress and working with people that doesn’t do work, and having friends to rely on as I reach goals. The Odyssey is important to read and understand because even though the book is ancient, it’s similar to what I face on the daily in my life as I try to reach my
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