Which is typically who the hero of a story is. But his motives and what he does after his heroic deeds makes it seems like he’s not the hero he’s hyped up to be. My first piece of evidence is after defeating the cyclops he boasted and mocked the cyclops revealing his true name and gets him and all of his crew cursed. This shows his arrogance and selfishness by getting his whole crew in more danger. In the text, it says “Puny, am I, in a Caveman’s hands? How do you like the beating that we gave you, you damned cannibal? Eater of guest under your roof”. Pg 668 “if ever a mortal man inquire how you were put to shame and blinded, tell him Odysseus, raider of cities, took your eye…..” Pg 669 “O hear me, lord, blue girdiler of the islands, if I am thine indeed, and thou art father: grant that Odysseus, raider of cities never see his home…” Pg
Which is typically who the hero of a story is. But his motives and what he does after his heroic deeds makes it seems like he’s not the hero he’s hyped up to be. My first piece of evidence is after defeating the cyclops he boasted and mocked the cyclops revealing his true name and gets him and all of his crew cursed. This shows his arrogance and selfishness by getting his whole crew in more danger. In the text, it says “Puny, am I, in a Caveman’s hands? How do you like the beating that we gave you, you damned cannibal? Eater of guest under your roof”. Pg 668 “if ever a mortal man inquire how you were put to shame and blinded, tell him Odysseus, raider of cities, took your eye…..” Pg 669 “O hear me, lord, blue girdiler of the islands, if I am thine indeed, and thou art father: grant that Odysseus, raider of cities never see his home…” Pg