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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. During his journey Odysseus leads his crew through thick and thin whether they are just sailing or if they are facing monsters he always comes through. Throughout his journey Odysseus really shows that he is a good leader by taking charge in these sticky situations. Odysseus

because of his will to return home, protect his crew, and see his wife again. George Moore said, “A man travels the world over in search of what he needs and returns home to find it.” Throughout the Odyssey, Odysseus wants to return home and there are many ways to show that he was willing to risk himself to do it and that can show he is a hero. Odysseus was lost

Apollo 11 From countdown to splashdown, Apollo 11 's mission was filled with some surprising twists and turns. It took a combination of luck, determination and guts for the crew of Michael Collins, Buzz Aldrin, and Neil Armstrong to get the Eagle to the surface of the moon with only 30 seconds of fuel remaining! Experience the moments leading up to the lunar landing with me. On the morning of July 16, 1969 a 60-ton Saturn 5 rocket was given a thorough inspection on launch pad 39-A at the Kennedy

discontinue the approach when severe thunderstorms and their associated hazards to flight operations had moved in the airport area, and the crew’s failure to ensure that the spoilers had extended after touchdown. Contributing factors of the flight crews determination to land in the inclement weather are: (1) impaired performance resulting from miscommunication associated with the intent to land under the circumstances, (2) continuation of the approach to a landing when the company’s maximum crosswind

He prompts the crew with “What do ye do when ye see a whale, men?” to which they respond “Sing out for him!” with an “…impulsive rejoinder from a score of clubbed voices” (Melville, 137). The use of rhetoric effectively engages and includes the crew to participate and buy into his speech and beckons them to succumb to a similar tone evoked by Ahab. The verb choice ‘score’ creates a theatrical environment, as if the voices are scripted and orchestral. Describing the voices of the crew with the adjective

journey of Captain Ahab and his crew aboard the Pequod as they hunt for the infamous White Whale. With Ahab at the helm, the quest is one of revenge, as Ahab’s leg was taken by Moby Dick some years prior to this fateful voyage. However, throughout the journey, the crew of the Pequod questions the rationality of pursuing the most viciously lethal creature to ever inhabit the sea. Since Ahab knows fully well of his inability to slay Moby Dick without the help of a crew, he utilizes his immense rhetorical

The people of the lands Columbus and his crew touched down on were very welcoming. As said by Columbus in his journal “Presently we discovered two or three villages, and the people all came down to the shore, calling out to us, and giving thanks to God. An old man came on board my boat; the others

group of characters that lead to Odysseus’s anguish filled journey is his own crew. A crew is as vital to a ship as a captain is, if not more important. A crew is also expected to be loyal to their captain through thick and thin, something that is tested throughout the epic. Odysseus’ crew goes through a lot while on their journey home even after serving in the Trojan War. These events include multiple deaths of the crew such as being killed by menacing monsters such as the Cyclopes, Scylla and Charybdis

Martian is a book about an astronaut named Mark Watney, he is a botanist and mechanical engineer stranded on Mars by his crew after they witnessed him being impaled in a Martian sandstorm by some debris. This all happened during Watney and his crews attempt to leave Mars due to increasingly powerful windstorms. Watney somehow survived being hit by the debris and now that his crew has left him he is stranded on Mars on his own. Watney must find a way to survive and make communication with NASA. In order

boastful, cocky, and self-conscious. Do these sound like characteristics for a hero? As a tragic hero, Odysseus contains tragic flaws, which include cockiness, pride, and self-consciousness. These flaws negatively impact the story by Odysseus putting his crew in danger while exhibiting these three flaws. A tragic hero is described as a great or virtuous character in a dramatic tragedy who is destined for downfall, defeat, or suffering. Odysseus is a tragic hero because after the war Odysseus was attacked