The Journey of an Epic Hero A pattern has been discovered in much of our literature, as well as in our life -- that of the journey. Especially in regards to mythology, the journey goes through the following stages. The journey starts with the call to adventure. The hero may be willing or unwilling to accept the call but do to the imbalance, loss, or having something taken, missing or denied which brought the call …showed first 75 words of 1263 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1263 total…the atonement will be that Odysseus gets his wife and his son back after the 20 long years that he had to suffer through. I think that Odysseus, the Greeks and everyone can learn something from this story and it is that you should always respect someone when they are helping you and you should always thank them because the don't have to help you. They are doing it out of the kindness of their heart.