In many ways Odysseus can be compared to modern day heroes such as Maggie Fitzgerald In Million Dollar Baby, as they share many characteristics of a so called “hero”. In the movie Million Dollar Baby, Maggie Fitzgerald is seen as a strong woman because she is constantly training for boxing to win matches against skilled British and European opponents and eventually trains for a match for the medium weight world championship. This can be compared to Odysseus because he is also strong as shown in the blurb at the top of page 1224 in Book 10 when “Odysseus, his ship, and it’s crew of 45 survive the shower of boulders.¨ which were thrown by the Laestrygones.
Odysseus is seen as loyal because he always looks out for his men and tries to make sure they end up alive. “Circe gives Odysseus a magic drink, but it does not affect him and he threatens to kill her with his sword. Circe turns the pigs back into men but puts them all into a trance. They stay for one year, until Odysseus finally begs her to let them go home.” this shows…show more content… When Maggie first went to ask professional boxing coach, Frankie, to train her, he was skeptical of women fighters and told her she is too old to learn. His ex-boxer and gym manager, Scrap, trains Maggie behind the back of Frankie and Scrap eventually persuades Frankie to train her. Maggie is determined to prove she is worth the time to Frankie and devotes her whole life to boxing. This is similar to Odysseus because he is determined to make it back to Ithaca. After “Aeolus gives Odysseus two parting gifts: a fair west wind that will blow the fleet of ships toward Ithaca, and a great bag holding all the unfavorable, stormy winds” and the men open the bags which sends them back to the island Odysseus, Odysseus doesn’t give up on his his fight to make it back home. Odysseus gets back home and keeps trying to make it back to
