In book V (5), Odysseus’ endurance is well exhibited when he says, “‘I long for home, long for the sight of home. If any god has marked me out again for shipwreck, my tough heart can undergo it. What hardship have I not long since endured at sea, in battle! Let the trial come.’” (229-233). As seen in this quote, Odysseus is very committed to his goal of getting himself and his men back home. Odysseus seems to always try and stay determined and focused on his destination no matter what obstacles may come his way. In book XXII (21), Odysseus exclaimed to the suitors, “‘Your last hour has come. You die in blood.’” (43). Odysseus is very well determined to get rid of the suitors for good and to get his throne back after what they turned Ithaka into. They have disrespected Odysseus’ marriage to Penelope and tried to kill his son, Telemachus. The reader can conclude that Odysseus’ willpower is what keeps him going. It drives him to achieve and do extreme things.
Odysseus also has his moment where he is not very firm. In book V (5), Odysseus addressed, “‘What more can this hulk suffer? What comes now? In vigil through the night here by the river how can I not succumb, being weak and sick, to the night’s damp and hoarfrost of the morning? The air comes cold from rivers before dawn…’” (490-494). In this quote Odysseus is discussing his fear of suffering. Odysseus should be discussing about how determined he