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 * 1) Summarize (5-8 sentences) what happens in this part of Odysseus's journey.
 * 2)  Odysseus's wife, Penelope, gives birth to their son, Telemachus, and Odysseus is called out to war. On the way to war Athena talks to Odysseus. When Odysseus is fighting he save a little boy from the opposite side. Then they win the war because they build a horse and give it to the Trojans, than they clime out of the horse and start fighting the Trojans. After they win the war they try to get back home.
 * 3) Does Odysseus initially want to go to war? (Why, or why not?)
 * 4) Odysseus doesn’t want to go to war because Penelope was giving birth to Telemachus.
 * 5) What is revealed about Odysseus because of his decision to go to war?
 * 6)  Athena came to Odysseus and tell him was afraid of going to war.
 * 7) What is Odysseus's part in defeating the Trojans?
 * 8) Odysseus part on defeating the Trojans was that he is the king of Ithaca, and he gave honor to kingdom and people. By killing the leader of troy he has accomplished his goal to become a “hero”.
 * 9) What does this reveal about Odysseus's character?
 * 10)  This reveals that he has pride of who he is and he wants to make honor to his kingdom and people to show that he deserves being the king.
 * 11) What **//heroic flaw//** is revealed in Odysseus's character at the end of this episode?
 * 12)  Odysseus is smart, intelligent.
 * 13) Describe in one paragraph (5-8 sentences) the first stage of the hero's journey known as **//The Call//**.
 * 14)  The call is the first stage of the hero’s journey right. In the Odyssey, Odysseus is called off to war. The problem is he doesn’t want to go to war. The reason why is because his newborn son was just born. He doesn’t want to miss out on all the times him and his will spend together. The call in this story is him being a called off to war and leaving his family.
 * 15) How do the events of **//The Trojan War//** fit this stage of the hero's journey?
 * 16) The events in the Trojan War follow the steps of the hero’s journey in many ways. The main reason why it is part of the journey is because him defeating Troy is what makes him a hero and if he had never gone to war he would have never killed troy and then he would have never become a hero.