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 * Summary:**

//In Ithaca Prince Telamacus was born. It was the happiest day for Penelope and Odysseus. It was a day of tension, whether the baby and the mother would die or survive. Finally everything came out to be perfect the baby was healthy and the mom was alive. An unexpected call to war for king Odysseus approached. This disappointed Odysseus because he couldn’t believe that he had to leave his love ones and his just born baby. Before he left he made a promise to Penelope, he promised that he would come back alive. He also made her promise that if he still had not come back when his son would grow his first beard she would have to remarry. He started his journey he left home and his love ones. It was hard for him, he had only held his baby for a little bit of time. Not knowing if he would return, and if he would see his son again, this entire situation made him angry with Athena the goddess of war and wisdom. On his way to the war, on the ship Athena appeared to him. At first he showed anger but she comforts him. She made him realize that for some reason he was chosen to be the king, and that was his duty to himself and to his people. She made him realize that he had pride and that he should put all his effort to win.//




 * Analysis:**

//On the war Odysseus showed his pride, strength, bravery, intelligence, and kindness. He saved a kid that was from troy that had gotten caught in the middle of the battle, and that showed kindness. By building a horse to trick the Trojans showed his intelligence. By fighting and being able to survive showed his strength and bravery. The war lasted for ten years, Troy was defeated. Odysseus had won and he thought he was better than gods, so he rebelled to one of them “Poseidon”, goddess of the sea. Poseidon got angry and he punished Odysseus by preventing him his return home.//


 * The Stage:**

//The Call is the first stage of the heroes’ journey. In the Odyssey Odysseus is called of to war the problem is he doesn’t want to go to war, the reason why is because his son was just born. He doesn’t want to miss out on all the times he and his son would spend together. The Call is the separation from love ones, the refuse to go, ends up going, a purpose of something for example save someone or win something. This event fits the first stage of the hero’s journey. In this case is The Call. This happens when Odysseus gets called off to war. At first he refuses because he has to leave his newborn baby and his wife. All of his belongings are taken away. But he ends up going. Then the threshold approaches when Athena appears to him and advises him, Hermes is the messenger and guides him throughout his journey. Also when he fights Troy and defeats them, his journey of a hero begins.//


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