Telemachus As A Hero In Homer's Odyssey

What is a hero? Is it a superhero we see on tv? Or is it an ordinary person doing extraordinary things? A hero can be many things to different people. In Homer’s Odyssey, a character named Telemachus is left to lead his father’s kingdom while he is gone at sea. He had to take on something much bigger than himself even though he wasn’t very prepared. In my journey, I went through something similar. I had to take on something much bigger than myself and learn how to stick up to others when I felt small and not confident. In fourth grade, I was bullied. It was a very hard time in my life, but it has helped shape me into the better person I am today. I learned a lot about myself from this journey. I learned on how to take on anything that was given to me even if I wasn’t prepared. I learned how to stick up for myself and become my own hero.

During this time, I felt like Telemachus at the beginning at the book when he let the suitors walk all over him and didn’t stick up for himself or say anything. I let people bully and walk all over me and I never said anything because I had completely lost my self confidence and I felt small and unimportant. Like Telemachus, this went on for a while until a mentor figure like Athena, came into my life and helped

me and told me what to do. After being bullied for a while, I went to my mom and told her everything that was happening and she helped me. Even though it was hard to stick up for myself at first, I started getting better and stronger like Telemachus. I finally started not to put up with the mean comments/actions people made towards me.
It took a while for Telemachus to become a much stronger person and grow into a leader. I started to become a stronger person like Telemachus. Sticking up for myself suddenly became more normal for me and I gained some of my confidence back. Even though I was a little bit stronger, I was still very unhappy. I didn’t have any friends and I dreaded going to school everyday. Telemachus went on a journey to find his father, and I went on a journey to find happiness. It was time for me to move on. Telemachus kept searching and searching for his father, and I kept searching for a reason to stay at my school hoping the bullying would stop. I decided that I couldn’t handle being at the same school any longer so I started to look at different schools I could switch to. Telemachus went back home and I went to a different school. After a lot of patience and waiting, Telemachus’ father eventually came home. At my new school, I found happiness. I made so many new friends, and I didn’t feel alone anymore. School suddenly became something that I didn’t dread going to everyday.
I learned so many things about myself throughout my hero's journey.

I grew so much as a person and I learned how to take on my own problems and deal with them on my own. I became more emotionally strong and invisible to the words people said about me. I still have a lot to learn though, I hope to grow more as a person. My goal is to become a better leader, I hope to gain more leadership skills because even though I am confident, sometimes I can tend to be shy and I want to change that. I think that if you work really hard at something you can get what you want, which is a belief I follow. Though this quote is kinda cheesy, “Not all heros wear capes.” Ordinary people can do extraordinary things, and become heroes

everyday.