A person who remains anonymous once said, The best way out of a Problem, is through it. Evidence of this statement is seen in several episodes of the epic poem, The Odyssey by, Homer. Odysseus is able to face different problems, rather than avoiding them throughout his epic adventure. Odysseus s ability to face difficult problems is best shown in The Cyclopes, The Sirens, and Scylla and Charybdis. In the episode, The Cyclopes illustrations of the statement, The best way out of a problem, is through it are shown. For instance, Odysseus could have killed the Cyclopes when he was standing in front of the door to the cave but, he and his men never would have been able to get out of the cave.
Another example is, when Odysseus tells Polyphemus his name is Noh-body, he is preparing for when he and his men put the stick through the Cyclopes eye. So when the cyclopes runs to get help from the other Cyclopes they will ask him what the man s name is, and he will say Noh-by, which sounds like nobody, so they think there is nothing wrong with him. During the episode of The Cyclopes, Odysseus did not try to avoid the problem in order to solve it. Throughout the episode of The Sirens instances are seen proving the statement, The best way out of a problem, is through it. One example of this, is when Odysseus has his men tie him to the mast of the ship, so he can still hear the sirens, but not be able to go to them. A second example of this statement, is when Odysseus puts Beeswax in his crew s ears, so that they wont hear the sirens, but Odysseus will still be able to hear them sing their song.
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The Odyssey is an epic composed by Homer, an early Greek storyteller. This epic was the basis for Greek and Roman education. Epics are long poems marked by adventure. The main character in an epic is an epic hero. The epic hero is a figure of great stature and may be a character from history or legend. Epic heroes' most remarkable traits are usually the ones most valued by the society from which ...
This adventure has shown many instances proving the statement to be true. In the adventure of Scylla and Charybdis proof of the statement, The best way out of a problem, is through it is seen. Odysseus has his crew steer the ship straight toward Scylla, he does this instead of heading toward Charybdis, where he would loose all of his men instead of just some. Another example is when, Odysseus keeps reassuring his men they will be safe and that they have been in worse situations than this, and that they should trust him. Instead of avoiding the problem completely, Odysseus chooses the less severe of two possible solutions, Either way, he will loose some men, it is whether he looses all of them along with his ship, or just 6 of his men. The episodes of The Odyssey that have been mentioned, are just a few of the several episodes that give truth to the statement, The best way out of a problem, is through it.
These episodes have shown many examples of the statement. It seems to be obvious and logical why people believe the statement to be true. The statement is a good guideline to use in life as difficult problems or situations arise.
