good intensions

In response to some people’s opinion on Odysseus’s leadership skills and whether or not they are entirely justifiable when he makes wrong or deadly decisions for his crew, I have a different opinion. I do agree that his decisions are mostly to benefit himself, but I actually think he tries to make choices so that his crew is benefitted also. I mean he really is trying to get home to his family, but also he is trying to get his crew home to their families. I think it really shows when he goes directly into Circe’s lair when he has no clue what will happen. In this part of the story he is risking his life for some very insignificant people in the story. When it comes to the part about over using Greek hospitality, I really truly do not think that he does. I believe that he was raised in a culture where radical hospitality is not only expected it is as normal as a regular greeting itself. He probably doesn’t understand these monsters that don’t follow the hospitality rules he has been so used to. Maybe he should have learned by now, but how? How is he supposed to learn that they have no manners if each time it is a different monster culture that he knows absolutely nothing about? I feel like some people think that is some of his bad decision making, going into villages expecting hospitality, but I feel like he has good intensions.