Injustice In The Odyssey

The Odyssey is a story of Odysseus’s nostos. In the epic poem the reader follows Odysseus on his 20 year long voyage home. In the Odyssey, Odysseus is repeatedly referred to as noble, wise and heroic. Many times those qualities are based on his military escapades and kingly rule. The real personality of Odysseus is that of an arrogant liar and cheat. In terms of social mores, the undesirable traits are used to get Odysseus back home to the wife and kingdom he loves dearly. In his voyage back Odysseus has to face many powerful monsters that can kill him at will, and he has to outwit many of those monsters and seductresses to survive and continue his voyage. Through every new obstacle, Odysseus keeps his reunion with Penelope and his kingdom close to his heart. He tells Kalypso “what I want and all my days I pine for

Boo Radley is portrayed as a crazy maniac due to the rumors spread about him and a trial he underwent as a teenager.(Scout) "So Jem received most of his information from Miss Stephanie Crawford, a neighborhood scold, who said she knew the whole thing. According to Miss Stephanie, Boo was sitting in the livingroom cutting some items from 'The Maycomb Tribune' to paste in his scrapbook. His father entered the room. As Mr. Radley passed by, Boo drove the scissors into his parent’s leg, pulled them out, wiped them on his pants, and resumed his activities."(pg 11)Scout and Jem look upon him with fear and suspicion from the stories that surround them from the time they were children. She gradually becomes aware that Boo is just lonely and wants

Prejudice is one of the world’s greatest struggles. It does not only hold society back, but is harmful to the people who do good .In Harper Lee’s book To Kill A Mockingbird, Scout and Jem live through and witness prejudice and racism in the small town of Maycomb. They see someone wrongly accused of a crime because of his race. Scout and Jem also witness and take part in prejudice against a man no one knows anything about. In the novel To Kill A Mockingbird Harper Lee uses characterization to show the negative effects of prejudice and racism.

Atticus Finch is one of the first characters introduced to us in the book. He is also one of the most wises. Atticus is a lawyer who is appointed the job of defending Tom Robinson. He knows before he begins that he 's going to lose this case, but that doesn 't stop him from giving Tom the strongest defense he possibly can. And, importantly, Atticus doesn 't put so much effort into Tom 's case because he 's an African American, but

Secondary characters like Calypso, Circe, the cyclops, and Poseidon have all contributed to Odysseus’s human values in the Odyssey. These ideas are universal because everyone has dealt with unloyalty, too much pride, and the thought of themselves being insignificant. Without these secondary characters, he would not be able to become a better

Scout and the other children were determined to learn more about Boo Radley, despite being told horror stories about Boo. ""Arthur Radley just stays in the house, that's all,' said Miss Maudie. "Wouldn't you stay in the house if you didn't want to come out?" "Yessum, but I'd wanta come out. Why doesn't he?"" (58 Lee) Scout's childhood curiosity causes her to want to know the truth about Boo Radley. The rest of the town is content with allowing Boo continue to stay within the confines of his house. The rest of the town is also okay with not knowing the true story about Boo. However, this is not the case for Scout. Scout's inner curiosity allows her to ask questions that many others would not ask, or do not care to ask. Due to this the reader is provided with extra information about Boo Radley. This information was obtained by Scout who was not content with the horror stories that she was told. Overall, Scout's youthful curiosity allows her to obtain information on the characters around her for the

Causing him to be a suspicious individual to the rest of the world. According to Scout, he’s a “...malevolent phantom” (Lee 10) Although Jem has never seen Boo in person. Scout states; “People said he existed, but Jem and I had never seen him.” People in Maycomb made up images and stories in their heads about him, making him up to be a monster. (Lee 10) Atticus explains to Scout and Jem that the reason why he lives like this is he has “had trouble with the law, and fell into the wrong crowd.” Which made him give off the wrong impression to most people (Lee 12 ). Throughout the whole story, he shows countless acts of courage and has a huge impact on Scout and Jem. Even though he couldn’t escape his house, he still had a big impact on Scout and Jem. Firstly, one of the many acts of courage he wanted to give gifts to the children by leaving them in the tree in which they climbed. Boo leaves Jem thinking that the reason why he’s doing all of this is simply because he is lonely and Scout heard Boo crying. Secondly since Scout and Jem are so special to him, he saved them from Bob Ewell. There were tons of rumours going around about Boo Radley, which isn’t a surprise considering the town is full of racists and all people do is gossip. Despite the fact that people see him as a monster, he looks past that and decides to act nothing but kind to them. Considering the fact that

They assume that the tales are true, believing, “In the house lived a malevolent phantom. People said he existed , but Jem and [Scout] had never seen him. People said he went out at night when the moon was down, and peeped in windows. When people’s azaleas froze in a cold snap, it was because he had breathed on them. Any stealthy small crimes committed in Maycomb were his work” (10). The “small stealthy crimes” that Jem and Scout believe Boo committed are only gossip spread around the neighborhood as “Jem and [Scout] had never seen him”. Jem and Scout represent Maycomb’s judgement of people based on rumors as they wrongly blames Boo for crimes he did not commit because their opinion on Boo is based solely on the gossip they hear about him. Scout, Jem and their friend, Dill continue to ridicule Boo Radley as they create a game about Boo’s dismal life, describing their game as, “a melancholy little drama, woven from bits and pieces of gossip and neighborhood legends: Mrs. Radley had been beautiful until she married Mr. Radley and lost all her money. She also lost most her teeth, her hair, and her right forefinger (Dill’s contribution. Boo bit it off one night when he couldn’t find any cats and squirrels to eat.); she sat in the living room and cried most of the time, while Boo slowly whittled away all

An unjust man shows his injustice by letting his appetites take over his mind and reason. Plato defines justice as doing the occupation you were born to do and not interfering with any one else’s He also speaks of justice with the tripartite soul which consist of three parts which are the appetites, the spirit, and the mind. In the Odyssey Odysseus’ men give examples of injustice according to Plato because they let their appetites take over their reason. This is shown in both the book of the Cicones and the Lotus Eaters.

In the beginning of the novel, Boo Radley had prejudice laid upon him. The town’s discrimination towards him was excessive. He was seen as the, “boogie-man,” of Maycomb County by several characters, including Jem and Scout. Firstly, although Boo was never seen, rumours were passed from parents to their children that he was an ugly monster. The children were told he ate any animals he could get his hands on, and he looked through women’s windows deep into the night. Secondly, the finch children, Jem and Scout, as for their neighbour, Dill, are perfect examples of how children in Maycomb viewed Boo Radley. Scout, being 6 years old at the time, believed that, “every scratch of feet on gravel was Boo Radley seeking revenge, every passing Negro laughing in the night was Boo Radley after us; Insects splashing against the screen were Boo Radley’s insane fingers picking the wine to pieces.” (Lee 55) Through the theme of prejudice, this identifies how the children demonize Boo. This is justified without reason, understanding that they have never seen, met, or talked to

These respected values mirror the actions and intentions of the heroes in these stories. As the heroic figures, Odysseus and Aeneas, become a reflection of the communities they were created around. Odysseus is the main character in The Odyssey known for his cleverness, cunning, and bravery. Odysseus understood the difference between

In the beginning of the novel, Scout has many misconceptions concerning Boo Radley. Due to Maycomb’s judgemental ways, rumors provoke Scout to view Boo Radley as a mean, squirrel eating monster. At the beginning of the novel, Boo is feared by the people of Maycomb, especially Scout, Dill, and Jem. “Boo was about six- and- a- half feet tall, judging from his tracks; he dined on raw squirrels and any cats he could catch. There was a long jagged scar that run across his face; what teeth he had were yellow and rotten; his eyes popped, and he drooled most of the time” (Lee 16). This fraudulent description by Jem exhibits how both the children as well as the rest of Maycomb viewed Boo. As the novel progresses, the three children continue to try and get Boo out of the house he has been in for years. Jem, Dill, and Scout create several childish schemes in attempt to get the

Boo was the victim of countless rumours and theories behind his disappearance while also stemming from his gang activities from a young age. Jem, Scout, and Dill all wanted to know the truth about Boo Radley and why he never came out of the house, or even what he did wrong. However, the neighbourhood discovered a new side of Boo and a new perspective on the cold winter night when Miss Maudie’s house caught on fire and Scout had a mysterious blanket around her. The next day Scout discovered this when Atticus mentions to her that it was Boo Radley who had wrapped her in a blanket on that night. He explains she was so distracted by the fire, that she did not even notice that he was there (Lee 91).

Later, after the trial, Jem is pondering the outcome and the reason behind it. He then tells Scout why he thought thinks Boo Radley stays in the safety of his house. He says he “thinks [he’s] beginning to understand why Boo Radley’s stayed shut up”, and continues on to tell Scout that “it’s because he wants to stay inside” (Lee, 139). These words convey the message that Boo wants to hide from the rest of the prejudiced world; they help the reader to see the importance of empathy. Even later in the story, when Jem is in the hospital after Bob Ewell’s attack, Scout accepts Boo’s request to walk him home. She clearly puts aside her preconceptions about the mysterious figure to walk home her and Jem’s saviour, a figurative dark horse. Scout’s new mindset boils down to this: not only is Boo Radley just another person, but a friend and guardian as well. This act is the complete opposite of what the rest of the town looks like. Where Maycomb is prejudiced and racial tension rules, Scout now understands that people like Boo Radley and Tom Robinson are susceptible to misconceptions about their character, which is what really matters. So Boo Radley is seen by the children in a new light, one of empathy for what he has gone through and what trouble they have given

At the beginning of the novel, Scout is a concrete thinker. She is a very judgemental and opinionated child who has little/no experience with the evils of the world. Boo Radley, one of Scout’s neighbours, had a troubled youth and so his extremely religious parents alienated him in their home. Boo became a figure for speculation and gossip. The hogwash stories told about Boo lead Scout to judge and fear him. The Boo Radley she thinks to be real is simply a frightening, imaginary, boogeyman-like presence who does not really exist. “Jem gave a reasonable description of Boo: Boo was about six-and-a-half feet tall, judging from his tracks; he dined on raw squirrels and any cats he could catch, that’s why his hands were bloodstained—if you ate an animal raw, you could never wash the blood off. There was a long jagged scar that ran across his face; what teeth he had were yellow and