"In Book 4 of The Odyssey, we learn of Odysseus' scheme to finally get inside Troy. What was it? Do you believe Odysseus cheated by using this plan? Why or why not?" Do you think he cheated in the a war?
Can you even cheat in a war? This is what I've figured out personally so far: Odysseus was part - and a big part, I'd assume - Of the Trojan Horse. I don't think he was necessarily the person to think of it (I can't find anything in the book that really confirms this), but maybe I just didn't read it close enough. The Trojan Horse was basically this big, grand idea (from a Greek point of view), that would allow the Greek army into Troy, which was 'enemy headquarters'. It was a giant, hollow, wooden horse, where all the best Greeks could pile into and attack Troy from the inside. From what I hear, the war had already lasted several years, from which neither side really gained a whole lot of anything. Personally, I'd be really fed up with that. If I had marched off to join the ranks of a war that wouldn't bring forth any real fruit for itself after what it says to be a 10 year period, what is the point of that? If I had just dedicated 10 years of my life to a war that wasn't going to actually do anything, what's really the point? I'd probably just jump-ship and call it a day. But the Greeks had an idea! Build a giant wooden horse that's capable of toting Greece's best fighters, and get the Trojans to invite the enemy-soldiers in themselves. The rest of the Greek army that was left out of the 'Horse would pretend to give up and sail away (which might actually be tempting - after 10 years of nothing), so it would appear to the Trojans that they'd surrendered. The Trojans would rejoice, and pull the weirdly-gigantic victory trophy into their city gates -Only for night to fall, Greeks to pop out of their new toy, and lay siege to everything and everyone. Lovely, isn't it? The Greeks from the inside would then open the city-gates, because the others who had pretended to sail away came back to help out with the ran-sacking of Troy. The Greeks then won and ended the war. Would I consider this 'cheating'? No. I think all war is is cheating, lies, and deceitfulness. There are no 'rules', and humanity turns ugly during it. War is a terrible, nasty, unspeakable hardship, and honestly, I don't think anyone should ever experience it.
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Mrs. Randall
10/6/2019 02:30:08 pm
Yes! I can't even imagine living for years while a war raged on. Finding a way to end it (and therefore end the bloodshed) would be welcomed from either side.
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