The development of the male warrior, throughout literature, has a direct relationship with the development of western civilization. The attributes awarrior holds, fall respectively with the attributes that each society held asvaluable. These characteristics, started by societies ideals, become thewarrior's only reasons for continuing their heroics. The ideals however dochange with each warrior. At the beginning we have a warrior with one mission,which later the warriors become more challenged and have to change ideas andconcepts to continue. The evolution of the warriors desires becomes the complexideals that western civilization develops over time. With this progression ofcivilization, from simple to complex ideals, so will the evolution of the idealsand desires of our heroes change from simple to complex.Odysseus is a man who is both strong and smart, but most known not forthe brawn of his body, but the wits of his brain. A man who is loved in everycountry, but Trojan, and could stay where ever he chooses, his sailors knew thisto be true as one bench mate to the next, It never fails. He is welcomeeverywhere: hail to the captain when he goes ashore! (Homer 166). The ironyfalls as Odysseus only desires his homeland. Begin when all the rest who leftbehind them headlong death in battle or at sea had long ago returned, while he[Odysseus] alone still hungered for home and wife (Homer 1).Odysseus has many opportunities to end his journeys and start a new life.For instance, if he desired, Odysseus was able to stay with Kalypso who wantedhim forever, Her ladyship Kalypso clung to him in her sea-hollowed caves- anymph, immortal and most beautiful, who craved him for her own (Homer 1).Kalypso knows even though she has Odysseus in her home, he is not hers to have. Son of Laertes, versatile Odysseus, after all these years with me, you stilldesire your old home? Even so I wish you well( Homer 87). To which Odysseusreplies, ...Yet, it is tru...
