The Greatness of Knowledge

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There are certain traits in which many people wish to possess. One of those traits is knowledge. Everyone wants to be smarter than everyone else, and being the smartest around is not always a bad thing. However, sometimes knowledge does not have to be a good thing. Knowledge is helpful to save lives such as Odysseus’s journey in the Odyssey and when the CIA foiled Al Qaeda’s terrorist plot to bomb an airplane. However, knowledge is also a burden when one begins to have second thought from my personal experiences taking tests.
To begin, Odysseus shows that his knowledge is useful and important in many places in the Odyssey. One specific time his knowledge is useful and lifesaving is when Odysseus has to cunningly figure out how to save his crew from the Cyclops Polyphemus. After the Cyclops becomes hostile to Odysseus and his men, Odysseus decides he must figure out how to leave surreptitiously. Odysseus then tells the Cyclops that his name is “Noman” in preparation for his escape. Later that day, Odysseus stabs the Cyclops in the eye and escapes successfully. The Cyclops stumbles ou...

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