Odysseus Laziness Quotes

Frederick Douglass previously professed “Without a struggle, there can be no progress.” I conducted this quote with the Odyssey because in this series of novels Odysseus struggles on his voyage home. But with every struggle he came closer and closer to fulfilling his expedition to the explicit end. In Homer’s The Odyssey the main character Odysseus wrestles with his pride, marital faithfulness similar to people today, and him and his crew fight with the temptation of laziness.

Odysseus relates to the public with his character flaws that is what makes him get the impression that he is to a greater extent alive and not fabricated. In the Odyssey, Odysseus has ongoing dilemmas with his pride. An example of his intolerable selfishness with himself being his undoing is when he and his crew were on Cyclops’ Island. The protagonist had escaped Polyphemus and he had already taunted the Cyclops and almost was captured, but here is his ego taking control. This is Odysseus’s response to Polyphemus stating that a prophecy told him that a

On Odysseus's journey he stopped at Cyclops’ Island for supplies and food. Instead of hunting and making supplies our protagonist and his crew steal from Polyphemus and stay in his living space thinking they can get more from him. After a while Polyphemus comes home and starts to get angry at his “visitors” so Odysseus tries to patch things up “here we stand, beholden for your help, or any gifts you give -as a custom is to honor strangers.” In the end they escape with Polyphemus's sheep.

I guess Frederick Douglass is right about progress. Because without Odysseus’ struggles with his pride, temptation, and laziness he wouldn’t be able to grow and become a better person later in the story. In the long run The Odyssey has a good morale in the end that shows its readers that we all face hardships in our lives day to day, so at the end of the day be the best you