Topic: Compare and contrast Telemachus’s journey with that of Odysseus. How does the younger man’s experience enable him to develop as a character?
Description:
In Book 2 of the Odyssey, Athena reassures Telemachus “You know, few sons turn out to be like their fathers; Most turn out worse, a few better. No you don’t have it in you to be a fool or a coward,/ And you’ve got something of Odysseus’s brains’ (p349). Compare and contrast Telemachus’s journey with that of Odysseus. how does the younger man’s experience enable him to develop as a character?
Write more about how their journey different. Also how these journey shape Telemachus to develop as a character?