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A 3 page paper which examines the quest in Homer’s The Odyssey, Richard Adams’ Watership Down, and J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Hobbit. No additional sources cited.
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obvious and other times it is perhaps more of an internal quest or journey. In Homers The Odyssey, Richard Adams Watership Down, and J.R.R. Tolkiens The Hobbit those quests are
clearly very physical, as well as internal, journeys. While these three stories are incredibly different in terms of why the individuals, the heroes, go on their journeys, their quests end
with peace and completion. The following paper examines this aspect of the three stories and the quest of the heroes within. The Quest: Homer, Adams, and Tolkien
In Homers The Odyssey the hero is Ulysses. In the very beginning of the work the reader knows that Ulysses has been away from
home for a long time and that much of what has happened to him is beyond his control. This is emphasized by the fact that the gods/goddesses are discussing his
dilemma and deciding, perhaps, what to do. "Ulysses...was longing to return to his wife and country...all the gods had now begun to pity (Homer I). At this point Minerva enters
into the discussion and she pleads with them to allow Ulysses to continue home. At this point his journey begins, although he clearly had many journeys prior to this work.
Ulysses is clearly at the mercy of the gods and goddesses to some extent. He cannot seem to simply go home, but
rather must face many different ordeals placed in his path by the powers. But, he is determined, even after a decade of trying, to make it home to his wife
and his son. And, even when he arrives home his work is not done for he must do battle, get rid of suitors, and make peace reign in his kingdom
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