Grief In Odysseus

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Both the "Odyssey" and "Back From War, But Not Really Home " depict the concept of grief by the description of the characters emotions. For instance in the odyssey Odysseus washes up on new and strange lands. This land that Odysseus washed up on was the home of the Phaecians. The Phaecians treated him well and fed Odysseus. Ironically they tried to entertain him by telling the tales of the Trojan war. Odysseus the brave hero cried, he was grieving.

I feel the literature piece "Back From War, But Not Really Home" also depicts the concept of grief by demonstrating excellently the prospective of a veteran soldier returning home. In times of war soldiers have a basic and pessimistic mentality. This mentality being everyone will

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