Book XXII.

Describe what happens in Book XXII. As a citizen of the 21st Century, what do you think of Odysseus and Telemachus by the end of Book XXII?
At the end of book 22 you find that Odysseus and Telemachus have finally had revenge on the suitors. They killed every one of them. Another thing they did once they killed the suitors was they brought out all the (women) maidservants that had done them wrong. Then they hung them. I personally did not see that coming just for the fact that they were women, and how you would think women are treated differently. I do not think I would have had anyone kill them, but I also do not know what would be to do with them if they were left alive. Since they did do them wrong I believe they did deserve some punishment (not that hanging was right though).

Were their actions justified in terms of the Homeric Hero? Explain.
Through Odysseus and Telemachus being like the Homeric Hero, I do believe he could fit that part. Odysseus and most in this book believe solely on the gods. Everything happens because of the gods and by way of the gods. They do do the things they do like fighting the suitors (both), getting away from all these places after Troy (Odysseus), and getting back to Ithaca (Telemachus)on their own, but they are guided by the gods. (Mainly Athena and Zeus).