Everyone has their flaws and their greatnesses. Odysseus is the son of Laertes, He lives on the island of Ithaca. He is like the rest of us but, as the King of Ithaca and being in power he can be a bit selfish and uncaring. He had been on a journey for 20 years and faced many obstacles on his way partially due to his lack of leadership.
Example #2: The land of the Cyclopes
Odysseus is a very stubborn, selfish, arrogant leader. Although he can be brave and caring his mistakes and actions causes him to put his men in danger and some to die in the time of his journey.
Example #3: The adventure with Circe
During the land of the Cyclopes, Odysseus takes some of his men with him to go to the neighboring island the cyclopes were on. Once inside the cave, they finds cheese, lambs, and kids. The men want to take the items and leave as soon as possible but Odysseus refuses to leave until he sees the people living there and what kind of guest-gift he might receive from his host. After waiting Because of his selfishness he decides not to listen to his men and their opinions.
Conclusion
Although I am a bad leader I can be a brave, courageous person.
After escaping Polyphemus’ cave and once on his ship, as they are sailing away, Odysseus feels that he has to taunt the Cyclops. His men try to calm him down and stop him, but Odysseus's stubbornness causes him to continue calling out his taunts to Polyphemus, putting his men in danger again because Polyphemus is hurling boulders towards the ship.
During the adventure with Circe, when Circe turns Odysseus's men back into humans from pigs. She tells Odysseus to invite his men to come and rest and eat. Odysseus tells them to follow him back to Circe’s palace, and one of the men, Eurylochus, refuses and says that Circe will harm the men and that they should leave to go home. Instead of listening to Eurylochus, Odysseus, being stubborn and selfish, gets angry and wants to harm Eurylochus for speaking against him and his plan.
Through out the Odyssey, Odysseus shows many of his strengths and weaknesses as a leader, however his weakness as being selfish, arrogant, and stubborn, it causes a great deal of trouble. This makes it more likely for him to cause a problem more than he is helping something or someone . There for, Odysseus is a bad leader due to his lack of leadership and good communication skills.
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