Lesieli Panuve--The Odyssey

The Odyssey


In the story The Odyssey talks about the ruler of Ithaca named Odysseus. In this story

Odysseus follows the rules of the ancestors where they have values. Some of their values

are respect, loyalty, and trust. To have these values you must follow it. Through

Odysseus’s time he went through so much because he left his newborn son and wife to go

to war for his country. Through the times that he tried to come home he couldn’t.

Through his journey trying to come back home came values. In these values Odysseus

followed it through all the time and wanted people to use it too.


One of the values is Respect. Either to gain respect from others you must show respect to

them. In the story with "Cyclops/Polyphemus" he did not show Odysseus and his men some

respect. He tried to eat them. In a good way to show respect to somebody is in the story

with "King Alcinous" when Odysseus was at his land they gave Odysseus and his men all

their respect by being nice and offering stuff to them, also making them fell like it is their home

too. This is the value that Odysseus follows and shows to other people. This value was very

important to some people those days because it was respectful and not rude. Also you don’t want

to ebarrass yourself in front of others, so if you want respect you must show respect.


The other value of the story was Trust. If you have trust then that means other people can

rely on you. Like Odysseus the men trusted him because he was going to bring them back

home. Also to listen to whom is right before something wrong happens to you, and to do

what is right. To gain trust you must have loyalty and respect and you must show and tell

your people so they may trust you. Like in the story the men followed Odysseus because

he was the leader and they trusted him.


Another value is loyalty. To be loyal you have to be a good person and do good stuff.

To be loyal you must show respect to one another and to have trust. Also being loyal is to not

doing bad things and picking wrong things up.Like Penelope while Odysseus left through all that

time she never slept with another because she was being loyal to Odysseus.


In this story it described some values like Respect, Loyalty, and Trust, it could be shown

in other kinds of different books part of the world these days. Today we can find and

notice these kinds of values in people. These values influences people to know how to

treat others and things. The influences of Greek culture on modern places/people have values in

them.