Camila Ventura Ms. Quijano-Diaz English 1 Honor 11 March 2024 Is Odysseus a Good Leader? Over the course of Homer's epic poem "The Odyssey," Odysseus has shown himself to be a capable leader on numerous occasions and a less than ideal one on others. Many now question if Odysseus is indeed a capable leader in light of this. Odysseus is portrayed as a complex character who displays bravery and wisdom. His astute tactics, fearlessness in the face of difficulty, and inventiveness in conquering obstacles frequently portray him as a perceptive leader. However, scattered within these displays of leadership prowess are moments of questionable judgment, instances where his decisions seem to contradict his reputation as a leader. Additionally, Odysseus’ …show more content…
Had Odysseus taken a moment to carefully consider their actions and anticipate potential consequences, many of the challenges they faced could have been avoided or overcame more effectively. Going back to the moment with the cyclops, Odysseus’ failure to contemplate the repercussions of blinding the creature leads to more problems that prolong their journey. To add onto that when the cyclops asked Odysseus what his name was he should’ve let the cyclops continue to think his name was “Nobody”. With Odysseus telling the cyclops later on his actual name it led to curses being put on instead of them being put on to “nobody”. One of the many curses that Polyphemus asked the Gods to grant was for Odysseus to never return home, but if he did let it be a long, hard journey where he loses all of his crew, “Let him lose all companions, and return under strange sail to bitter days at …show more content…
There were many moments where if Odysseus would have told his crew of men what to or not to do, they would have been on a shorter journey. An example of this would be when Odysseus was told not to touch King Helios cattle. When he went back to where all of his men were, he told them of the island's dangers and told them to not touch the cattle. After he told them, he went to sleep without telling anyone the consequences that they would have if they touched Helios’ cattle. “Zeus sends down a thunderbolt to sink Odysseus’ ship” (12, 220-211). This could have been avoided if Odysseus would have communicated with his crew about the consequences, as losing their ship only makes their journey hard but also longer. If he would have told them the consequences, they could have avoided many challenges they were faced with, like the storm that was sent to
Odysseus was an effective leader for many reasons. one example was when Odyssey use his mind to get his men’s out of hades. one example was when he help his mans get to safety. he was an Effective leaders and in this part of the story,Odysseus men were scared of of the Hades, and they did not think Odysseus would make it back,so he told them not to worry, i will make it back and he tells them to leave if he doesn’t make it back to the ship. another example was when Odysseus and his men were stock in cave with the one eye monster.
In the Odyssey, Odysseus is a very good example of a strong, wise, responsible hero throughout the epic. Although there are people at home he loves and cares for but as the good leader he is, he sacrifices those things like his wife and child to go to war and lead. Odysseus was the main factor for the greeks winning the war of troy. Even if he wasn’t the main leader he still showed his signs of leadership in his actions. Odysseus is a great leader shown by his actions.
When Odysseus could, he made very brave decisions to get his men out of tough situations, but, what can be easily be over looked is that Odysseus got his men into most of the bad situations they came upon. For instance, an episode of this poor leadership is when Odysseus does not adequately warn his men about abstaining from eating the cattle on Helios's island. Yes, one could argue that Odysseus did in fact warn his men, but he really did not warn them as well as he could have. Odysseus didn't even tell the men that they would die if they ate the cattle, and so they were quickly tempted into Eurylochus's plan, "Listen to me. . . all ways of dying are hateful to us poor mortals. . . but to die of hunger, starve to death- that’s worst of all. . . let's drive
Bad leaders are people who only care about themselves and not the people who are with them, and when they put the people they are leading in danger. This is Odysseus because he was constantly losing men because he was putting them in situations that he could have avoided. He wastes a lot of his time by staying in various places with people for extended periods of time. His priority was clearly not to lead them home, or they would have been home a lot sooner. Odysseus was always distracted by things.
After reading about Odysseus in the first part of The Odyssey he may seem like a good leader. Nobody had thought that deeper in the epic Odysseus’ actions made him turn out to be a bad leader. Homer’s epic The Odyssey is about how Odysseus and his men are journeying back home to Ithaca from the Trojan War. He encountered many obstacles along his journey that cost him the lives of his men. Odysseus faced atrocious monsters, foxy nymphs, and gods out for revenge. The journey that he completed tested his skills not only as leader, but as a human too. Odysseus proves himself to be a bad leader due to him being deceitful, oppressive, and dramatic.
This is an example of Odysseus being too stubborn to listen to others, even if their concerns are valid. In addition, another example of Odysseus being stubborn is obvious when Circe warned him not to let his men kill and eat Helios' cattle. She told him that if his men were to ignore this warning, she saw “destruction/ for [his] ship and crew" (12.104–105). Nevertheless, Odysseus kept this warning from his men, and so they killed Helios’ cattle to relieve their hunger. Subsequently, all of Odysseus' men were killed to calm the anger of Helios, and only Odysseus remained alive.
The Odyssey is a collection of stories surrounding the journey of Odysseus, written to glorify him as a leader in many circumstances. However, this deification of Odysseus as a character is undeserved, as he continuously proved in the Great Wanderings that he was a narcissistic and ill-prepared leader. He never had the intent of getting those men home, and if he had, Odysseus wouldn’t have perpetually acted carelessly. Odysseus proved to be an ineffective leader because of his selfishness and inability to resist temptation. Before outlining Odysseus’ fatal mistakes made throughout his journey, it is important to define what an exemplary leader is.
Odysseus had to think for everyone on board and not just his wants for the dessert, so he decided to take the men onto the ship and sail away as fast as they could, no matter what his men said or did. Odysseus was a great leader because he thought things through for his men and himself. If he wouldn’t have, he and his men would have died at any one of their pit stops along the
In The Odyssey, Odysseus is supposed to be a leader, as that is what epic heroes are supposed to be. However, Odysseus’ examples of leadership show that he is severely lacking in this category. His first example in
An anonymous author wrote, "Leadership is not a position or title, it is action and example. " This idea that leadership is not a title, but earned by actions and examples can be directly applied to Odysseus' poor leadership and destruction of his crew. Odysseus claimed to be an influential leader but his actions showed otherwise when he faced Scylla and was tempted by the Cattle of the Sun God. Odysseus was not a strong leader and ultimately contributed to the destruction of his own men because Odysseus chose to sacrifice his own crew rather than himself and Odysseus didn’t take responsibility for his actions that were detrimental to his crew.
One of the reasons why Odysseus is a good leader is because he saves his men on multiple occasions. A good example was when he saved his men from the Cyclops. In the Odyssey it states “Here’s liquor to wash down your scraps of men… He seized and drained the bowl, and it went down so fiery and smooth he called for more” (hom. 904). He used his wisdom to get the cyclops drunk so it would be easier to escape. He could have said something that could have made the Cyclops enraged wich could have made his men die. Instead, he used his wisdom to get out of his men and his situation.
Leadership is a hard task with many responsibilities, and at some point hard decisions are required to be made, many of these decisions are unpopular. Odysseus in Homer’s The Odyssey is a main leader often conflicted with his own hubris. Odysseus’ leadership, at the beginning of this novel, seems to be for the better of the group, however at the end his own hubris and pride take over his leadership skills.
In this assignment, the way where media influences our understanding of deviance will be brought to attention. Crime and deviance have dependably remained a widespread issue within media as a predominant power in present day culture. “The mass media plays an essential part in the development of the criminal justice framework” (Kumar,2017, p.184). Deviance is the act in which the “social standards in society is challenged to warrant objection” (Hudson, 2017, p.73) Deviance can be defined as “criminal or non‐criminal”. (Copes.H,2017, p.8) The essay will include examples as well as links about how the media impacts our comprehension of deviance. This dissertation draws attention into theories such as the labelling theory, control theory and the culturalism theory. In addition to this, a discussion of how the “labelling theory” (Walklate,1963, p.27) links into “moral panic” (Cohen,1972, p.7) which links into “Deviancy amplification” (Kumar,1964, p.184) which then creates “folk devils” (Cohen,1972, p.7).
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