Odysseus and had not seen his wife and son for 20-plus years. He was desperate to see his wife and son, so much that he would do anything to get to them. Unless there was a different way to get home that would save the crew, he chose his family over his crew. He was selfish in that he was willing to sacrifice the entire ship to get to his family. Odysseus cared for his crew but realized if he told them the truth, he would never get home.
Willy struggled with finding his identity because he was so caught up in his chase for his “American Dream”. He refused to confront any feelings of shame because he was convinced it would make him look bad. However, in order to find one’s self, one must confront these feelings-no matter how painful they may be. Ripkoff also states that “the denial of such feelings cripples Willy and the rest of the Loman family.” (1). Willy’s oldest son Biff finally confronted these feelings in the end of the play and discovered his true identity, thus avoiding the same fate as his father.
Amir felt guilty his whole life for what he did. Twenty-six years later, Amir went back to his homeland in order to redeem himself. There he encountered Assef, who he fought in order to win back Hassan’s son to gain redemption and make things good again. In the novel Beloved, the story takes place during times of slavery. Sethe was once a former slave of a place called “Sweethome”.
The Spartans were celebrating the Carneian festival, in honor of Apollo, as the Persians threatened to conquer them. Sadly, Spartan law forbid the army fight back during the festival, King Leonidas was only allowed to take his personal bodyguard and a few others to fight alongside him at Thermolypae. Leonidas clearly realized he would not return from battle, which was his partial intention. The Oracle at Delphi had prophesied that Sparta would mourn the loss of its city or one of its greatest kings. Therefore, King Leonidas believed if he went and sacrificed himself, Sparta would be saved.
Not to anyone. Not to my parents, not to my brother or sister, not even to my wife. To go into it, I’ve always thought, would only cause embarrassment for all of us, a sudden need to be elsewhere, which is the natural response to a confession.” This statement gives off a cowardly feeling setting the story in motion. A 21 year old O’Brien had what seemed a lot going for him. He graduated from college had a summer job and in comes a letter saying he was now drafted into the war.
Allowing his pride to step in, Odysseus fails to acknowledge the help in which he received from Poseidon during the time of the war. This angered Poseidon, god of the sea and causes Odysseus to sail rampaging waters on the way back to his homeland of Ithaca. While sailing with his crew men, Odysseus has yet to surrender himself and apologize. Upon the whole journey he acts on instinct and curiosity doing what he thinks is best, but only runs into obstacles that push him back a step each time. One of these journeys involves a Cyclopes whom Odysseus out smarts, but wasn’t aware of the fact that the Cyclopes, Polyphemus was the son of Poseidon.
We endure these degrading remarks for the mere fact that we want our independence. After we are free of the British I hope to never see these dammed French again. Our regiment was stationed next to French General de Rochambeau in Rhode Island. Out of all the regiments, I had to be positioned in the one with the French; how absurd and iniquitous! We then commenced our march to Virginia to hopefully crush the British in Yorktown.
However, he is later taken from the Aulds and placed with Edward Covey, a slave “breaker,” for a year. Under Covey’s brutal treatment, Douglass loses his desire to learn and escape. Douglass decides to fight back against Covey’s brutal beatings. The shocked Covey did not whip Douglass ever again.Douglass is hired to William Freeland, a kinder slave master. He could not escaped by his own power, and he had to gather his fellow together in order to escape.
However the best of them all are the books focus on a protagonist’s journey to become a better person. The Odyssey is the story of a man’s journey home after a long battle in a foreign land, but the wrath of Poseidon causes this journey numerous detours; which adds another several years to Odysseus’ journey. The book uses en medias res to show the repercussions of his absence from his home for more that ten years. Amplifying the imagery of a figuratively and literally broken home; where men poison the marriage of Odysseus and Penelope. However Odysseus is not dead; he is very much alive and stuck in Ogygia.
He fails and is defeated by the suitors. Athena becomes his protector and keeps his confidence up and helps him throughout his journey. She encourages Telemachus to leave the island to go see if his father is still alive. The suitors would have killed him if he stayed in Ithica. He could not return until it was safe for him to come back, but only if he found