Ignis's Hubris: A Narrative Fiction

Many people can finish a long car ride and think it was the worst trip ever. Maybe the traffic was unbelievable or everyone in the car had to pee every fifteen minutes. However, Odysseus’ journey, in the epic poem The Odyssey, was guaranteed to be one hundred times harder. He spent 20 years fighting to return home to Ithica from after victoriously pillaging Troy in the Trojan War. Homer, who wrote the epic poem, embodies hubris in the main character Odysseus. Hubris can be defined as excessive arrogance or confidence and it is displayed throughout the epic poem and in today’s society.

Throughout book nine of The Odyssey by Homer, Odysseus’ encounter with Polyphemus is described, as well as the events leading up to the encounter. After taxing run-ins with the Circones and the lotus-eaters, Odysseus arrives at the island of the cyclopses, a rough and uncivilized land. Odysseus’ own greed leads him to put his men into a dangerous situation, and though he uses his metis to save himself and his crew, it is clear that his hubris is still quite intact and may lead to his downfall.

“There was a bigfoot print outside my home” stated Jerry Crew, little did he know what an impact he made as the entire country searched for the big hairy creature known as Bigfoot. Bigfoot ( also known as a sasquatch or a yeti) are the big hairy ape-man with 800 pounds on ‘em These creatures have been seen in many cultures, each modified to their beliefs. For example, a Native American myth goes as a similar creature but it's terrorizing villages and in present American story goes as a hairy man-like thing living in the woods. For the last decade, many people have been searching for this monster which reflects our -thesis-

They finally let me out of there now my quest is to find a place to sleep,

Hubris is defined by the Webster-Miriam dictionary as “Exaggerated pride or confidence” (Miriam-Webster Dictionary) in Oedipus the King, by Sophocles, In Oedipus The King, by Sophocles, the onslaught of pain assailing the protagonist is a result of his tragic flaw. Sophocles often used a characters’ flaw to alter or influence the outcome or future of the hero. Oedipus' hubris influences him to fulfill the oracle and further intensify his punishment from the Gods.

Many Professors Have studied bigfoot for many years. Along their jouney they have found Footprints that are not human. It would be impossible for a human to be that large. But not only professors go out looking for bigfoot, Civilians do to. Many eye witnesses have seen bigfoot around in the woods. As Once said “As Angelica opened up her eyes, she shuddered in fear at the massive animal that was holding her and fondling her body. I have been captured by a Bigfoot, she thought. The natives were right. There are Bigfoots in the jungles of Elysia. Her body stiffened as she tried to twist away and out of the imprisoning arms of the massive creature that was holding her capture” (Wilson).

Hubris is a very popular theme in Greek mythology. Hubris was a very important moral concept to the Greeks. Committing hubris was a very serious crime. Hubris is defined as having extreme pride or arrogance. Pride became hubris when it became all consuming or hurtful to others. Other actions that were seen as hubris were acting as if you were equal or more powerful than the gods, or trying to defy them. Hubris was a severe crime that deserved a serious punishment, and it was the downfall of many characters in ancient myths.

In Homer's epic, The Iliad, there are many great characters, both mortal and immortal. However, no characters seem to match the greatness and importance of Achilles, the mightiest of the Greeks and Hector, Trojan prince and mightiest of the Trojans. Although they are the mightiest of their forces, their attitudes and motives for the Greek-Trojan war are completely different.

It was a warm and cozy afternoon, with the temperature reaching 75 degrees Fahrenheit. The never-ending sky stretched across the landscape, painting a splash of vibrant blue with a few white puffs of cotton cloud in between. The sun rays were still shining brightly, casting shadows across a wide field full of green grass. The sounds of various birds chirping could be heard clearly everywhere, and occasionally a butterfly would fly around, landing gently on the ever-fragile petals of the Clarie flowers. Right next to the field was the Kaiboro Forest, a beautiful but mysterious place full of rare matoki trees, found nowhere else on the planet. Their branches reached far, stretching outward from their firm trunks in different directions. The

"I'm sorry. I didn't mean to scare you, Aurora." I looked over to Nexus. "I'll come. Thanks for inviting me."

Well it looks like I lost everyone… Well at least I got trackers on them so I can tell whos with who…*evil laughs*

I quickly run to the Sinclairs, and give each and every one of them a hug. Uncontrollably, I begin to cry tears of happiness.

“Sneaky little buggers,” I muttered, before managing to rid one of them of their arm.

Somehow, Snake Eyes found out I’m still alive. They can’t track me down, so they’re going after the one person they know I care about to lure me out.

After another rather dramatic chase scene with Gritt the local cat, they finally arrived to my murders. I feel like I should be more angry at them, but by this point I’m over it.