Life As Depicted In Homer's Odyssey

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Life...the mere thought of it is completely abhorrent. Living for half a dozen decades, then dying, and spending an eternity in Hades home. The fools think that there is a heaven...an oasis where dreams turn into reality. Although it does sound like quite a charming place, it’s surreal - a fantasy conjured by the humans to give them a reason to do honourable and reputable tasks in order to gain a prestigious position in ‘heaven’. I exist for one reason and one reason only. To ensconce myself on a comfortable leather throne, and survey earth, to make sure that people do not live forever. Everyone must die. Death itself is inevitable, and I must make sure that it continues to stay that way. It’s the Atlantic I find myself looking at...they are oblivious to what event is about to occur. The fact that after so many incidents have occurred at sea mortals are still willing to sail across the seas; seems completely ludicrous. They may call it being ‘brave’, however there is a fine line between bravery and complete idiocy. People chatter, they feel impervious simply because a smart man dressed in an expensive suit, with an admirable title, said that they were…show more content…
It was as if Hades himself had appeared right in front of them. The passengers were overcome with trepidation; they scrambled across the ship, desperate to find the few life boats lying around the ship. A man with a long black beard stumbled at the heart of the crowd. He attempted to get up, however, a tall slender lady, dressed in an expensive silver gown, mistakenly placed the long pointy heel of her shoe right into the man’s left eye socket. Tiny droplets of blood splattered across the floor, the man’s eye looked as if it had been lacerated by a trained assailant. His face was mangled and after seeing what the lady had done, she screamed. An endless high tone screech which did nothing but contribute to the choir of wailing

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