When Odysseus asks for food the men give him scraps of food, they think that someone sent Odysseus who looks like the old man. They don't know that the old man is actually Odysseus. They treat Odysseus very bad, they insulted him, and then try and fight Odysseus. No one thinks that Odysseus is going to come home so they start as many problems as they can. I don't think they should have treated him with disrespect even if it was Odysseus and they knew it our not.
In the article i read it was about two young men who beat up a 59 year old man who was homeless. The man is homeless and was behind a burger king one day looking for cans, when the two men came up to him and started beating him up. The men hurt him pretty badly and then got away until the older man went to get treatment for the damage on his body from the young men. Once the older man complained about what happened to him the local police got a hold of the two young men and arrested them as soon as possible. The one young man had his court date and has to go to jail for a year and/or 1,000 dollars fine. The other young man hasn't had his court date yet. I think the two young men should go to jail longer, its disrespect to beat up person. I don't agree with what they did, the older man wasn't doing anything to them but they could mind their own business and had to start with a poor old man who is harmless. I think that people like to pick on people who are weaker then them so then that person feels bigger when they really aren't.
I think that what happened to Odysseus and the old man are two stories that are just alike. They are both treated badly and don't deserve it, they were unharmful men minding their own business. I think that they both got treated poorly because they are "weaker" because they are both older men. The suitors and theses young boys thought it would have been funny to beat up people who are weaker then them. They both were wrong for what they did, and should have gotten in a lot more trouble.
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