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Odyssey

The Odyssey

The Odyssey is a long narrative composed in a dignified style which explores several themes relating to humanity on the struggle of a hero (Odysseus) who appears never to be at a loss. Each theme falls in the realm of virtue, the will and desire overcome life's ills. Telemachus, the son of Odysseus, is the epitome of a young man whose life is based on the theme maturation as a passage into manhood. Throughout the epic, Telemachus, a young man raised without the presence of his father, is faced with several personal challenges which would determine his transformation into becoming the man who would reclaim his father's estate from the control of several suitors exploiting the absence of Odysseus. Every boy in life will one day have to make the decisions of a man to fulfill his vows; not every journey into manhood is an easy one and not every easy journey is a trip into manhood. Telemachus made all of the difficult decisions appear easy and all of the easy ones......


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