The Odyssey, written by Homer, is a book that tells the tale of one man's journey home. Ten years have passed since the fall of Troy, and Odysseus still has not returned to his kingdom in Ithaca. A large mob of suitors who have overrun Odysseus's palace continue to court his wife, Penelope. She has remained faithful to Odysseus. Telemachus, Odysseus's son, wants desperately to throw them out but does not have the confidence or …showed first 75 words of 971 total…

…showed last 75 words of 971 total…endurance extolled in Telemachus. In conclusion, all these people, Odysseus, Penelope, Eumaeus, and Telemachus, had great human capacity for endurance, They each spent years, either waiting for something or journeying through obstacles, trying to overcome the odds. None of them ever gave up hope, and it all paid out in the end. They each overcame the odds and completed their journey or waiting. They had much capacity for endurance, and showed it in the story.