Part 1 of Essay
Becoming a man. The goal attempted by all young boys, but achieved by few. Around the age of fifteen the dream of going on some adventure and risking death to prove bravery is envisioned in our heads and we go crazy. We scan every moment of our teenage lives for a chance at manhood and in some form or other we all get one. ....

Part 2 of Essay
.... '…These [men] eating up my substance waste it away; and soon they will break me myself to pieces.' " p.33 lines 250-251 Obviously Telemachos is still too young to take charge. So Athena suggests he go sail and seek word of his father's condition. The next day he calls a meeting of the town council and asks for help. He receives none. This is the decisive moment when he chooses to go out and be a man. So Telmachos decides to do it alone, mind you now Athena is still on his side. She gets t ....