The short story, Babylon Revisited, by F. Scott Fitzgerald, is one story that tells about the Journey. The protagonist in this story wants custody of his child and will do anything for i

In conclusion, all of these stories of the Journey have three main characteristics: A strange, new place or thing that the protagonist has never encountered, a test of heroism for the protagonist, and a flaw. With the stories, Babylon Revisited, Idiots First, Through the Tunnel, Behind the Blue Curtain, and The Odyssey, one is able to see how all journeys essentially have a lot of the same things. This holds true for all literature that deals with the quest. Modern literature, such as Babylon Revisited, Idiots First, Through the Tunnel, and Behind the Blue Curtain all contain the same three points, while classic literature, The Odyssey has the same three aspects. The quest archetype has the Call, the Other, the Journey, Helpers and Guides, the Treasure, and the Transformation. The Journey is known to contain the same elements throughout every era of time. Although a Journey may be in a different time period, a different place, or give a different moral, the Journey will always have the same three attributes.

The Odyssey, by Homer, contains the three facets of the journey. This classic piece of literature is one of the most-widely known epics of the quest. The journey in this tale is vast. The Odyssey tells of the quest that the protagonist, Odysseus, must go through. Odysseus travels all over the world to places he has never been to and to places he has not known existed. One of these places, Calypso's island, was unvisited previously by Odysseus. Here, he was treated with supreme kindness and love, but he was a prisoner there. Calypso vowed not to let him go ever. Odysseus made his way out of Calypso, and journeyed to other places, such as a Cyclops's lair, the underworld, and his house. When he returned to his house, it was completely unlike he had remembered. Lazy suitors had crowded the place and had not left for years. Odysseus visited many strange places during his journey, but this place had to be the strangest and most difficult thing to see for Odysseus throughout his whole journey. Going to all of these places helped test Odysseus of his heroic potential. He had many things thrown his way. A Cyclops, a bitter feud with Poseidon, and suitors all demonstrated how he proved himself heroic. He outsmarted the Cyclops, by not telling it his name thereby eliminating further grudges against him and made his way out of the cave which the Cyclops had imprisoned him by stabbing it in the eye. Odysseus braved all that Poseidon had to throw at him and lived through it. The protagonist eliminated all of the suitors by outsmarting them as well and killing them in a bloody scene. Odysseus was a very smart person and proved himself as a hero with these acts. Odysseus had some flaws that if he did not have, he would have been better off. He had a feud with Poseidon. If he had not done so much to displease Poseidon, his journey would have been much shorter and much less arduous. Odysseus would not have had to been battered as bad as he was if he and the God of the sea were on good terms. Poseidon nearly killed Odysseus many times and delayed Odysseus for years. Also, he should have been more watchful than he was of the Storm Winds. Odysseus was in view of his homeland, when his sailors carelessly opened the leather sack, delaying the journey further. If Odysseus had been more careful, he would have been home in half the time that it took him. The Odyssey is a classic example of the journey and how the three aspects are involved in every journey.

t. This journey takes place in Paris. He has been there before, but he has never seen it before as he has seen as he embarks on his journey.

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