Heroic Righteousness

Theme in adventure, loyalty, novel, and other educational story base on Western culture try to brainwash the reader by dynamic teller (narrator) Homer about Odysseus heroic fairy tales. In this chapter, Odysseus is the great hero who beats tough, uncivilized race of one eyed giant (by the script), Cyclops. He lies, tricks to accomplish what he wants to get. For example, Odysseus gets a wooden staff in the cave in the fire and when Polyphemus returns, Odysseus tries to make him drunk with delicious wine, and when Polyphemus asks Odysseus his name, Odysseus just replies “Nobody.” It is smart enough to get what he eagerly wanted, if he thinks it is right to do for Cyclops, why does he escape from the cave unseen by the blind? If we interpret the story in Odysseus perspective, yes, it is total successful heroic story, but if we interpret this in Cyclops’ perspective, is it? The only thing that Cyclops did was just staying in his position and did what he had to do. It must be sudden disasters for him. It applies to other books that we are comparing, ‘Jack and the Beanstalk,’ and ‘The Epic of Gilgamesh.’ In the book, ‘Jack and the Beanstalk’ Jack also interpreted as very nice boy who wants to help her mom, but is it really? In the Giant’s perspective he is a jerk thief who stole his account. He supposed to trade cow with money or gold whatever his mom asked, but he traded it with magical beans. From this point, he is not a good boy any more. He looks very adventure and positive of course by his view point, but it is totally offensive to unknown one. Giant who eats human, he lives in the sky: castle. Jack supposed not to have ability to go up there. Giant just did his job and he tried to keep his things, and unfortunately he died. What a sad story it is! Compare one more book, ‘The Epic of Gilgamesh,’ There is one of the main character whose name is Gilgamesh, king of Uruk, who was two-thirds god and one-third man, he also did same things as Jack did. Torturing citizens, cheating, and many other things opposed to the Gods, he deserved killed but Enkidu died for him. (Maybe Enkidu and Gilgamesh were gay. They were together all the time, and they love each other more than his wife in name of friendship)

My Conclusion is what is the exact meaning of the word, ‘savage’ the Western people thought in the past and contemporary? We should determine carefully when we faced these kinds of story.

“It is total violation, not heroic action.” The government or Caesar tries to brainwash citizens (readers) to protect them by dynamic story (contemporary method, maybe newspaper) in the name of ‘hero.’ Now, you think which is right, and which is wrong.