Odyssey And Free Will In Homer's Odyssey

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Unit 5 Essay
Journeys occur almost anywhere and at almost anytime. Usually, the main purpose of this Journey is to achieve the destination. During these journeys, challenges occur that can throw you off course making it harder to get to this destination. When you learn something, whether it be about yourself, others, or the world around you, the journey can end up being much more important than the actual destination. When you embark on a journey, sometimes you get to learn more about yourself. On a journey, you are likely to endure hardships that make this journey tough. When these hardships occur, you can really understand your weaknesses, but you can also learn about your strengths. When you struggle you learn how to overcome tough situations. These struggles and solutions can help you build character. Adventures have the ability to show parts of you that have remained hidden throughout your life. You can learn who you are and what kind of a person you are. In the abridged version of the Odyssey, Odysseus is asked for his name by a Cyclops holding him and his men captive.“Cyclops, you ask my honorable name? Remember the gift you promised me, and I shall tell you. My name is Nohbdy: mother, father, and friends,
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You can learn about the people of this world and how fate can lead us on a journey. When you start an adventure you tend to meet all kinds of people. Meeting and engaging with these people can tell you about how others may act and why they act that way. Talking to these people can help learn how to approach and respond to other. Journeying can also teach you why you were put on this journey. You can understand why fate chose you to be the one to embark on this journey and why you chose to stay on that path. Finally, you can understand and learn that a journey typically is not easy. The world is filled with surprises and is always going to throw obstacles at