Comparing Homer's Odyssey And Moana

Throughout each story, every hero’s journey follows a pattern towards succession. This twelve step journey has been conducted by Joseph Campbell, after studying the methods used in endless stories towards a hero’s success. One epic showing this is The Odyssey, written by Homer, with the ancient greek hero, Odysseus, following his bumpy path towards home after leaving to fight the Trojan war. While, in the film, Moana, the hero Moana overcomes her obstacles to acquire the heart of Te Fiti to help the people of her land. Throughout their journeys, both heroes, Odysseus and Moana, follow challenging voyages back home, as it is always crucial to journey home. In the storylines, the Odyssey and Moana, both heroes face similar trials through their rough paths. For instance, in the Odyssey, the ancient greek Odysseus is tried by many challenges on his journey back home, such as his fight with the …show more content…
More specifically, throughout the Odyssey, the ultimate goal is to make it back to Odysseus’s home, in Ithaca. The reason for Odysseus’s aspiration to go home is to rejoin his family which he has longed for twenty years. Odysseus’s feelings may be inferred at the moment he meets his son, Telemachus, as shown in the text, “Held back too long, the tears ran down his cheeks as he embraced his son...Then, throwing his arms around this marvel of a father, Telemachus began to weep. Salt tears rose from the wells of longing in both men” (The Odyssey, “The Meeting of Father and Son,” 931). Whereas the reason for Moana to make it back home after Te Fiti was rehabilitated, is so that she can reunite with the people of her land who’s suffering has finally come to an end thanks to her and Maui’s hard work. In essence, Odysseus and Moana undertake risky trips to make their way back home, however, they strive towards this target for different