Who Is Okonkwo A Hero

The Odyssey is an amazing piece of literature. Some people question whether the main character, Odysseus, is a hero or not. Odysseus is not a hero because he was not a good leader. He leads his followers into lousy situations where many people were hurt.

Odysseus is not a hero because he cheats on his wife multiple times throughout the book. In The Odyssey, Odysseus and his crew travel to Ismarus and harass and take the women there. As Odysseus said, “I then looted the town and attacked the people. We then took their wives and much booty.”(p.75). This shows that Odysseus is not a hero because he is disrespectful to women. Also in The Odyssey, Odysseus cheats on Penelope with Circe. Although it was under certain circumstances Odysseus still could have found a

One way Okonkwo isn’t a hero is he beats his second wife during the week of peace. Achebe shows how Okonkwo is not a hero by stating “Okonkwo's second wife had merely cut a few leaves off it to wrap some food,and she said so. Without further argument, Okonkwo gave her a sound beating and left her and her only daughter weeping.” In this statement from Things Fall Apart

If you were a hero what kind would you be? Would you be an Anti-hero, or maybe a Catalyst hero. Two very different heroes are Okonkwo and Odysseus. In the book Things Fall Apart, Okonkwo is the village strong man who shows little emotion, except when he is angry. However, in the end Okonkwo stands up and defends his village. Okonkwo is a Tragic hero, because he is flawed in the way he treats his family in his rage, and how he has many inner demons. The Odyssey is a story about a warrior trapped on the island of Calypso away from his son and his beloved wife, who he must overcome many challenges to return to. On the way home, Odysseus is strong and kind to many. Odysseus would be described as an Epic hero because he pursues his goals no matter what problems come into play. Though both Okonkwo and Odysseus are heroes, Odysseus fits the mold of an Epic hero better than Okonkwo makes a Tragic hero.

What do you think of when you envision a hero? A strong man who saves people and makes the world a better place? What about a man who has inner demons who get the best of him sometimes? Things Fall Apart is about a man, Okonkwo, who struggles with his fears. It has created him to be something he doesn't wish to be. Okonkwo is put to the real test when he is banished from his home. The Odyssey is about a man going on a great journey and having to overcome many obstacles to get home. Though Okonkwo and Odysseus are both heros, Okonkwo fits the mold of a tragic hero better than Odysseus fits the mold of an epic hero.

     Odysseus: a hero in every way. He is a real man, skilled in the sports, handy with a sword and spear, and a master of war strategy. Most of the challenges and adventures in his return voyage from Troy show us this even if we had no idea of his great heroic stature and accomplishments in the Trojan war. I found in my reading of the Odyssey that most of the trials the gods place upon him are readily faced with heroic means. These challenges are not

Often through great literature, there is an epic hero. In the Odyssey, Homer tells the journey of one man’s journey home from the Trojan War. The protagonist of the epic poem Odysseus is often regarded as a great hero. However, Odysseus is not quite the glorious soldier that people often see him as. Odysseus disproves his title of a hero through his pride, his disloyalty, and his bloodthirstiness.

Even though Odysseus may show plenty of traits describing him as a noble hero, he does show unloyalty. He posses a touch of unloyalty due to fact that he was trapped in Circe’s palace for over a year. Odysseus had stayed with another woman or goddess which was not his wife or any known relative which conveys unloyalty towards him. Also she is willing to help him so he can return back home and be reunited with his son, Telemachus, and wife,

In Book 22 of The Odyssey, Odysseus attempts to reclaim his household from the suitors who have been courting his wife and creating chaos for three years. Earlier in the story, Odysseus exhibits traits of recklessness when he reveals his identity during his encounter with the Cyclops in Book 9, which delays his homecoming by several years. After he returns to Ithaca, Odysseus makes a great effort to avoid being reckless to help him gain a much needed advantage over the suitors, who greatly outnumber him. Odysseus does not return to recklessness in his confrontation with the suitors because he is simply unleashing his anger on the suitors for taking advantage of his household. Odysseus is a strong warrior, but he does not only depend on his strength to get rid of the unfaithful inhabitants invading his household.

In Homer’s Timeless epic, The Odyssey, Odysseus is the hero. A hero is Someone who is loyal to their country, family, and god(s). Years after the end of the Trojan War, the Greek hero Odysseus still hasn't come home to Ithaka. Most people figure he's dead. But he’s not. In fact, he is as alive as he has ever been. He is fighting the forces of Poseidon’s sea and he has gone to great measures to get out of many dangerous situations and keep his men alive.

Odysseus: a hero in every way. He is a real man, skilled in the sports, handy with a sword and spear, and a master of war strategy. Most of the challenges and adventures in his return voyage from Troy show us this even if we had no idea of his great heroic stature and accomplishments in the Trojan war. I found in my reading of the Odyssey that most of the trials the gods place upon him are readily faced with heroic means. These challenges are not

A hero is defined as a person who is risking their life to save others. There are many differents types of heroes, such as Superman or Captain America. But the true heroes are the ones that were formed during the ancient times because those people set an example for the heroes today. On the topic of heroes Heroes, Odysseus from the book The Odyssey, by Homer has displayed many reasons as to why he should be a hero and why he should not. For instance, Odysseus appears as a very determined character that never lost hope in getting back home. On the other hand, Odysseus is very self-centered and does not listen to other people’s advice, therefore this caused a lot of deaths. Odysseus is also to be known as not loyal to his spouse Penelope because as

Odysseus is not a hero. He was arrogant, boastful, and too proud. He got his men stranded, transformed, eaten, abandoned his family, and committed adultery against his wife, at least twice, while he was being tossed about the sea by Poseidon after he maimed his cyclops son. He is stated to have become desperate and humbled by our story’s end, but I don’t feel like that is the case. I think he revamped his old characteristics when he slaughtered the suitors in rage and revenge that had been squatting in his house for the decade he was gone. He was supposed to be a king and he didn’t act accordingly.

Which is about how the protagonist, Okonkwo’s tragic fall of, and the destruction of the Igbo culture. Though knowing both characters and their hero types, Odysseus fits the mold of an epic hero better than Okonkwo fits a tragic hero. One reason that Odysseus fits his hero type beyond compare is, that he is courageous. For example, “But when the wine had knocked him out, I put my plan into effect. Heating the end of the pole until it was glowing red… aiming it for his eye and driving it deep,”(Homer 9).

Okonkwo can be considerate a defiant hero defending his people's way of life, with an act to letting nothing stand in his way. He would kill if needed. Okonkwo acted too early when the man was sent by the district commissioner to come to the meeting, and tell them that the district commissioner ordered them to stop the meeting. Okonkwo quickly drew his machete and swung. The messenger try to avoid his