Write an argument about whether or not Odysseus handles his crew and the challenges he faces with the various monsters. Evaluate his successes and failures in arguing for/against Odysseus as as leader. 200 words.
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Mackenzie C.
4/21/2013 04:50:46 am
The argument on whether or not Odysseus was successful in his handling of the situations pertaining to the cyclopes Polyphemus is a double edged sword. On the one hand, Odysseus survived, and got several of his men off of the island. However, despite this small victory, I believe that ultimately Odysseus made the wrong decisions that led to the eventual deaths of his entire crew.
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Antonija.S
4/22/2013 05:24:04 am
I think that Odysseus doesn't handle his crew very well, because they were running out of food very early in the traveling. Odysseus wasn't a very good leader either, he did not make his crew work the way he wanted, even though he tried they never listened to him.They also made a lot of decisions without consulting with their leader, that is why most of the time they ran into different problems and that is why some gods did not respect Odysseus.
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Hedda S.
4/22/2013 10:17:55 pm
I think Odysseus was a good leader. He has been smart by only letting some of the crew go and explore the new islands. When they went to “the land of the dead” and “the Cyclops” Odysseus only sent a small part of his crew to go explore. When they came to the cow land all of his crew went on the island, but Odysseus warned them about not killing the cows, but he didn’t tell them what would happen if they did. Over all he has been a good leader leading his crew almost all the way to the end without dying, and he hasn’t been dealing with a smart group of people.
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Dylan N.
4/22/2013 10:19:09 pm
Odysseus handles the stress and crew in being captured and facing monsters. Though he made a mistake by not telling them about how they were all going to die and not telling them why they shouldn’t eat the sun god’s cattle. He was a bad leader because though he knew what was coming he never told anyone which lead to all of them dyeing when some of them might have been able to live. In the actual action for example fighting the Cyclops he handles things very well getting them out. He was very clever but made major mistakes throughout the entire story.
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Shane. F
4/22/2013 11:16:09 pm
I think Odysseus is a good leader. He shows many of the traits a good leader has. some of which would be bravery, cunning, resourcefulness, and quick thinker and reactor. I would not nessesarily follow him in to battle because all of his men died. Though just because you lead your men does not mean you know what is going to happen. for example in Macenzie. C submission she says "The first wrong desision he madewas to stay in the cyclopes' cave. He and his men were searching for food ... in the cave" it is not Odysseus' fault that some of his men died in tha cave they were just looking for food. He could not have known that a cyclopes lived there. So he is a good leader he just doesn't know what is going to be around every corner. It is the way he reacts to these situations that should be judged.
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Valentin G.
4/22/2013 11:17:36 pm
Odysseus' decisions do have both positive and negative impact on his crew. His actions led his crew to death. Although it was their fate to die, he at least could have told them what was going to happen to them, but he didn't. Instead, he kept it to himself. The worst decision he made was when he did not explain why his crew were not supposed to eat The Cattle Of The Sun God, Helios. Odysseus went and prayed to gods, while his crew ate the cattle. They died and he survived. Maybe if he told them not to eat the cattle, they may have survived. On other hand, his crew admired him. He was the leader they had to follow and respect; so they did. Odysseus was a good leader but at the same time a foolish one.
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Jose Iraheta
4/23/2013 12:16:19 am
Odysseus is an alright leader, he's not good nor bad. He does mess up sometimes but also has great plans and ideas to save his crew. One part that shows his brain and power to get himself and his crew out of harms way is the Cyclops, since him and his crew couldnt defeat the cyclops with pure brute strength, he thought of the idea of getting the cyclops drunk and taking out his single eye. Then fleeing out of the cyclops house with the sheep, he saved most of his crew from becoming cyclops dinner. Yet another part like the cattle of the sun god, where pretty much all of his crew dies from eating the cow, he should of thought of something and played it safe since at that point his life was not that normal at all. So odysseus isnt a great nor the worse leader there is , bececause he does look out after his crew but many of their deaths are on his hand.
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Maxwell R.
4/23/2013 02:07:54 am
Odysseus Pro/Con Leadership
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Seren G.
4/23/2013 02:42:26 am
Odysseus was successful when they made Cyclopes blind and he escaped with his crew from the island. But that doesn't mean that he is a successful leader because he made many dangerous mistakes. He did not know how he had to protect his crew. He just did stuff even they were dangerous. Because of his greed, he let his crew die even though he knew it. He did not care about his crew and that's why he is not a successful leader because of his own decisions and mistakes...
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morgan k
4/23/2013 03:09:37 am
I think that he is an OK leader. He tries his best to keep his crew together. He tried to get them all home as safely as possible. However he did not avoid all danger. They could have pass the island where helios kept his cow but he didn't and put his crew at even greater risk. This choice causing him the loss of the rest of his crew. Also another thing that makes me think he is not a good leader is he was not respected by the Gods. However Athena convinced Zeus her father to free him from Calypso, so he must not have been too bad.
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Alex J.
4/24/2013 01:18:03 am
Odysseus's choices can be looked at in two ways. One of them is that he survived the ordeal with the cyclops, and that's really all that matters. The other view is that Odysseus didn't handle his men well, causing most of them to die.
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Gabriel H.
4/24/2013 05:03:51 am
I think Odysseus is overall a good leader, but not a great leader. He has lead his crew through many tough situations, such as when they where trapped by the cyclops. And he is really good at raising his crew's morale. He has also managed to keep his crew's hope's up about returning to Ithaca after years at sea.However, Odysseus has made some stupid mistakes. He has demonstrated that he is smart, but he has made some stupid mistakes. Mistakes such as letting his crew out of his sight and command and in command of Eurylochus after hearing the warning about what will happen is his crew eats the sacred cattle, twice.
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Dontae Boozer
4/24/2013 05:55:04 am
Odysseus was in my opinion a double edged sword. He had smart choices sometimes when he escaped the Lotus Eaters and even escaping Circe's Island, but there were also times when he was not as successful as he was in the perils. With Charybdis and Scylla he purposely let them die instead of telling them about the danger ahead. He also mad a bad decision to stay and taunt the Cyclops after having blinded him. Another bad choice was when he "forgot" to tell his men about what would happen if his men ate the meat of the sun gods' cows. All in all Odysseus had good and bad decisions but when it comes down to it he either sinks or swims.
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Maria M.
4/24/2013 07:47:19 pm
He had handled his crew in a kind of good and bad way. Odysseus had did a good job by leading them as far as they survived. it was kind of a good thing that he had kept the secret of their death to himself, because he didn't want them to bail and leave and then die a lot more sooner, but it was kind of bad because he was keeping secrets from them and not telling them the truth. He even decicded to kind of have a secret meeting behind their back about sacrificing his and having them basically drown to their death in the sea's. It wasn't cool that he had sacrificed them just so he could reclaim his kingdom on his own, he could've let one of his sailors do that for him.
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Jesus S.
4/24/2013 07:50:12 pm
I think that odysseus did what he had to. He had to not tell the crew things that he knew so that they would not be feared and troubled. Of course, he did let alot of people die on his expedition, but the things that did happen were evaded or solved within time. I would say that he handles his men well, but he is not the most honest person.
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Jett.S
4/24/2013 07:50:53 pm
I think Odysuess does a good job as a leader. though their are times when he fails to rescue his men from dangers, like the cyclope when he eats some of his team, he always manages to find away to get out of risky situtation. he shows the ablitty to slove any problems the group comes into contact with. whether it's hidding as rams to get past the cyclopes or plugging the mens ear with bees wax odysuess shows the cunning and resoucefullness of a good leader.
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Joshua K
4/24/2013 10:15:50 pm
I think Odysseus handled the situation with the monsters quite well, but could've done it better with the crew. Whilst the sacrificers were necessary, he could have at least mentioned something instead of letting them be eaten just like that. His thinking with the Cyclops was mostly well, especially when he got the eye out and said his name was Nobdy. Odysseus also let hs other man escape, but was foolish for mocking the Cyclops afterwards. He also plugged his men's ears to make them not go insane, giving good instructions. Again, Odysseus didn't mention the inevitable deaths, which might have ben a good idea.
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Jacquon.S
4/24/2013 10:30:39 pm
Odysseus leadership is both good and bad. When he docked on the Lotus Eater he sent two of his man out to see who was on the island. When they didn’t come back, he went out to drove them back to the ship instead of leaving them there. When Odysseus was in the Cyclops cave, he sacrificed his men to get out the cave alive. Odysseus don’t tell his crew about Scylla and Charybdis, and many of his crew died . Odysseus also don’t to tell his crew why they shouldn’t eat the cattle on the island, but he tried to convince his crew to go around the island. Odysseus is both a good and bad leader
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Charles T.
4/24/2013 11:13:23 pm
Odysseus was a good and a bad leader. Such as the cyclops cave he was good because he got them out of the cave, but he was a bad one because he got them in that situation in the first place. Or on the island with the cattle of the sun god he tried to get the crew to bypass it but relented when the crew promised not to kill any of Helios cattle. He was a very bad leader when he left the crew on their own to pray when he could have been there to stop the crew from killing or eating any of the cattle.
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brooklynn.b
4/25/2013 02:59:08 am
Odysseus’s choices thought out the story changes from for the better of the crew to the desperation to get home. In beginning Odysseus does everything to help his crew mates get home only losing a couple men along the way. For example he is the last to leave the Cyclopes cave as he waits for his men to leave safely. This changes when he figures out the fate of the men and that he will be the only one to return home safely. From that point he loses men to the living whirlpool and serpent of the sea. In the end he leaves his men alone and they eat the forbidden cows. The then all drown except Odysseus.
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Jacob C.
4/26/2013 12:48:38 am
In my opinion, Odysseus does not handle his crew very well. He tells his men not to do something, then stands by as they do it. He also gets most of his crew eaten due to his own curiosity. He should not have done these things for it made many of his own men die. This is not the sign of a true captain, in fact it is the exact opposite.
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Andrew A
4/26/2013 05:32:15 am
I believe Odysseus is a good leader over all. He showed good leadership when he calmed down his crew after they saw Charybdis. But he still showed poor judgment when he went into the lair of the Cyclops. He could have told the crew about Scylla instead of leaving them unaware about her. He also shouldn't have left his men starving with the sacred cattle. That led to the death of everyone except Odysseus.
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Jared
4/26/2013 05:39:03 pm
I think Odysseus has done poorly as a leader so far but he has made many important mistakes as him and his men traveled home from troy. Some of the death of his men he could not do anything about but some he could of saved. When he and his men was trapped in the caves of the Cyclopes he could had came up with his plan to get them out a little faster and when he was sailing by the island where kept his cow but he didn't and put his crew at even greater risk. Most of his choices were not that well out thought when they were sailing back home.
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Nash Pinaula
4/27/2013 03:54:44 am
Odysseus was a brilliant leader, he warned his crew against dangers, but they decided to ignore his warnings. Odysseus sometimes makes mistakes, but he also knows how to correct them.
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Bailey J
5/2/2013 04:45:48 am
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