Hardship In The Odyssey

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Ever since I was kid I always dreamed of being a sports commentator, I saw they can go all around the country and call sports games for a living, what better job. To reach my goals is shall not give up and work hard to make it where I want to go in life. Odysseus’s decade long journey had many obstacles to get home but he overcame them to get back home to his family and his kingdom he left for the Trojan war. Odysseus had many problems on his journey, but he overcame them and so will I.

My first hardship I will face will not getting into the college that I want to, which is East Carolina University. My grades need to be really good so I can get looked at by quality colleges. This is related to how Odysseus could not get to where he wanted

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