The Odyssey By F. Scott Fitzgerald Essay - 1900 Words

It is an unspoken truth in Homer’s Odyssey that â€Å"homeâ€Å" is something good. All that Odysseus seems to want throughout the poem is to come home again, but that is one thing he is not granted from the god Poseidon for nearly ten years time. On the first page of the Odyssey we learn that all his friends-in-arms had the fortune of returning home â€Å"while he alone still hungered for home and wife.â€Å" (The Odyssey by Homer, translated by Robert Fitzgerald; Book I, line 21-22). The original intention of this paper is the question: What is home? What is it that Odysseus yearns for so long? But reading through the Odyssey again it came to mind, that this question might go beyond the constraints of this essay, considering that Homer describes not just Odysseus’ home, but also shows the reader (or listener) glimpses of the homes of Menelà ¡os, Nestor and Alkà ­noà ¶s. Throughout the Odyssey one of the most central themes of this poem is the topic of â€Å"ho mecomingâ€Å" illustrated through Odysseus’ struggle to get home again. Odysseus desire for his home is so overwhelmingly strong â€Å"that he longs to dieâ€Å" just for the sight of seeing â€Å"the hearth smoke leaping upward from his own islandâ€Å" (I., l. 78-80). And yet after years and years, after his long and troublesome passage home â€Å"trials and danger, even so, attended him even in Ithaka, near those he lovesâ€Å" (I., l. 26-30). This hints right at the beginning of the Odyssey at something essential in it: even after a voyage full of doubt and fear, a peacefulShow MoreRelatedAnalysis Of Homer s Odyssey, By F. Scott Fitzgerald Essay2726 Words   |  11 PagesPenelope’s test It is an unspoken truth in Homer’s Odyssey that â€Å"homeâ€Å" is something good. 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