Essay
What my perspective is on how
Odysseus is that I think he his a hero for several reasons he shows the
qualities that are in the grad at grad like love intellectual competence, and
religion, when in his time as a leader in the Trojan Wars, and his forgiveness
towards his wife after she even considered to remarry. Forgiveness, love,
leadership are the main characteristics needed for any person to be considered a
hero you need all of them. A true has all those qualities and more and goes
above what the definition of a hero asks for. Odysseus shows all the figures
needed to be a hero model in the eyes of others Odysseus might be perceived as a
horrible choice to be considered a hero, but in my eyes I can see why he is a
hero and reasons he might not be.
A hero needs to have all things
mentioned on the grad at grad and Odysseus follows through on ever single on of
them. He shows love when he sees his dog in shambles and poorly treated he cares
so much for Argus that he sheds a tear. He professes his religion when he offers
burnt sacrifices to the gods and goddess. Doing all that requires from the grad
at grad is your foundation for becoming a hero. They are the stepping stones on
the way to something greater. He also the qualities of the grad at grad in when
he he passes judgment onto those who had tried to claim his wife and property
and sentenced them to their punishment. Even Odysseus shows emotion when
Penelope finally recognizes Odysseus for who he was and the tear that wept from
his eyes.
His acts of bravery Odysseus had
done in Trojan War more than proved his contributions and therefore proves that
Odysseus is a hero. A hero has the ability to lead his troops into anything and
that is what Odysseus had done in the Trojan Wars. In my view the most important
aspects of being a hero is to be also a good leader because you can't lead your
troops into battle unless you knew for that you would win and had the absolute
loyalty of your men.
Odysseus had managed to forgive his
wife after what she had thought about leaving him for the one of the suitors.
Forgiveness is one of the fundamental laws needed for a person to say that they
are a hero. A person cannot be a hero if he cannot forgive. If we can't forgive
then there is no point in having the other qualities of being a hero. With
forgiveness a act of many great deeds can be done to help the hero.
In conclusion all the things that
were mentioned more than provide enough information that prove that Odysseus is
a hero in my mind. The grad at grad, his time spent in the Trojan Wars, and the
act of forgiving family are all the qualities needed to be a hero in my mind.
FINAL REFLECTION
The time spent here at Regis is a time that I
will never forget it had its ups and downs. The things that had worried me the
most coming here were meeting new people, how hard the work would be, and if I
were going to fit in with my new surroundings. When I came here I also came here
with four of my friends and I knew making new friends would be tough. The
thought of going up to introduce myself to other people made me feel like my
stomach was being churned by a blender. I happen to not be comfortable with
speaking in front of a crowd. Being scared of speaking out loud set me back a
little. I felt like I was the stuck into a corner with no one even noticing me,
the odd man out.
When I first came across a group of people
I tried to make myself feel noticed so the first thing I did try to get into the
conversation they were having which I new nothing about, then I tried to epic
jumps like the one during basketball tryouts. Coming from my old school I was
used to be picked on for reasons I thought were childish. I was trying to jump
over 4 trash cans and my knee hit the last one and failed and fumbled to the
floor. The experience was I can say a was a slap in the face to reality to who
I was trying to impress. I realized these weren't the people I wanted to be
around with, the people I wanted to call my friends. So I was left alone to
think over it and I found friends I wanted to be seen with friends that wouldn't
constantly bring up my failures, people I could get to know and really like. I
realized how dumb I have been everybody has their own friends and they weren't
mine. Being with them I feel like I have a clean slate and can start a new.
That embarrassing moment in cafeteria was something of a bad dream that I can
just brush it of and walk away.
After hearing how hard the teachers and the
expectations were I starting to feel sorry for even coming. My first day of
school I felt would be left behind that I wouldn't be able to keep up with what
they wanted. But while doing the assignments I realized something that this was
nearly the same thing I learned back in eighth grade. The teachers here made
learning fun nothing my old teachers ever did. It was like crash course in
school like a refresh of everything I learned. When I started to get the flow of
things school started to go by on rapid pace and the teachers that I thought
would be strict and mean were actually pretty cool especially my English
teacher. The my teachers offered help when I asked them on something I didn't
know. Now I am glad that had chosen to stay by and see what would happen.
When it came to fitting into my surroundings I
was next nothing I had my friends, but even I knew that they didn't fit into
their surroundings. When it came to dances and other events they usually just
sat in the back or in the middle and just talked. So when I wanted to make
friends besides guys ones I just tried what I did to join the guy groups I just
jumped to a group of people that I had none already and made friends from their.
After a while people started to come to me after I just acted myself and stopped
being what I wasn't. Now that the year has passed and I look onto the year and
what has brought I think to myself why was I ever scarred to be me what happened
to me. I still happen to be scarred of talking in front of small crowd at the
least.
In conclusion, this has brought twists and turns
it is as if my journey here has been like a boat alone in the ocean against all
odds the boat pushes through. What bugs me the most is the fact that I can never
take what happened in the lunch room back save myself from the embarrassment.
Making friends , new teachers, and fitting in with my surroundings were all
powerful opponents, but eventually with the help of others tackled them and
conquered them together no longer do I feel like the odd man out, no longer am
I afraid to be myself. This year has changed me in ways that I cannot even
fathom I have changed spiritually, mentally, and physically that will stick with
me for as long as I live.