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The Great Odyssey and Son In every book and story there is a lesson to learn from to help shape the reader’s experience. Here we see how the stories influence Odysseus and his son Telemakhos’s live. Telemakhos is forced to mature at an astounding rate, traveling far from home and risking his life to learn of his father. His trip teaches him more than he could ever have learned staying at home with …

…he has become a greater man to regain his kingdom and live a long life. From Odysseus, readers learn the virtue of patience and faith. Neither Odysseus knowledge of his return to Ithaca nor his faith in the gods ever wavered severely Odysseus’s persistence in reaching Ithaca and his and his eventual payoff for hard work and patience. This lesson can be applied to and situation in which one wishes to achieve a goal.