The Odysseus

Jakeela White

Ms. Sanders

Intro. to. lit.

31 October 2013

The Odysseus

Are you leader of a follower? Some people are leaders and some people are followers. In the retelling of The Odyssey by Geraldine McCaughrean, Odysseus is an ineffective leader because he didn’t tell his men his plan, he kept from his men that six head serpent was there, and all of his men are dead.

In chapter two, Odysseus had a plan to escape the Cyclops. But he didn’t tell his men the plan. Odysseus said ‘“ my plan has only just begun”’ (15). Odysseus just said that he didn’t tell his men the whole plan. They are a team supposed to be working together.

Similarly in chapter six, Odysseus knew that six hand serpent was there. He didn’t his men. “but now he saw hatred in their eyes, because he had steered them close to the monster’s cave” (55). Odysseus and his men should have trust between them. Odysseus should have told his men his plan, now they hate him.

Are a result, in chapter seven, all of Odysseus men are dead. They are supposed team. Instead he was by his self. “they plunged into the sea and never resurface” (62). Odysseus will never see them again.

In conclusion, these are three ways where Odysseus is ineffective leader. He was the only one who made it home. Therefore, Odysseus is a bad leader and a bad husband.