Telemakhos is showing his courage and bravery by standing up to the suitors and taking his fatherπs seat in front of them. He starts talking about how lazy /annoying/ useless they all are, saying they should be ashamed of what neighboring islands may think and to fear the gods. After Telemakhos finished, only Antinoos was an asshole enough to talk back, citing that Penelope had fooled everyone for four years with her weaving thing (you know the story). He says Telemakhos should just have her married or kick her out of the house, then the suitors will leave, but T-Mac finds this to be disgraceful and couldnπt bear the humiliation of what people would say and how the gods would react, etc. So Zeus sends two Eagles down to claw some unlucky dudesπ eyes and throats out. An old guy reads it as a prophecy, saying Odysseus is still alive, lost somewhere at sea. Bu some other guy says, NO, Odysseus is dead. He calls Telemakhos a pansy and basically says to take Antinoos advice. Finally, Telemakhos tells them about his plan to find his fatheräthey argue for a whileä He then finds himself alone at the sea shore praying for the god of yesterday to return. Athena comes back as Mentor and tells him she will find a ship and 20 volunteers. So now all he has to do is get a bunch of supplies. Again I feel like he really doesnπt have much inner strength and needs a lot of help from a father-like figure. So then with his newly restored balls, he goes back and tells the suitors he will come back and bring doom upon them. They just laugh and make fun of his threat. That night he sets sail and begins to show evidence of leadership. (301)

With this Telemachus dashed his staff to the ground and burst into tears. Every one was very sorry for him, but they all sat still and no one ventured to make him an angry answer, save only Antinous, who spoke thus:

    This quote can show a few things about Telemachus. This follows his little speech to the suitors about pestering his mother. For the last twenty years or so they have been using his fathers house and food. Every day they take his cows, pigs and wine. They use his house as if it were their own. At first Telmachus had no issues with this because he was too young to understand what was really going on. But as time went on and he grew up he realized that what these people were doing is disrespectful and just plain annoying.

    So with some inspiration from Minerva, Telemachus stood up for his household and his dignity and told åem to get out. He didnπt ask them in a nice tone either. He brought the house to them, telling them to stop wasting his fathers possessions and to stop trying to sleep with his mother, who, in his mind, doesnπt want anything to do with them. You can tell he is passionate about it because at the end he bursts out in tears as if this problem has been haunting him for some time and he just wanted to get it off his chest. (242)

 "if you are made of the same stuff as your father you will be neither fool nor coward henceforward, for Ulysses never broke his word nor left his work half done. If, then, you take after him, your voyage will not be fruitless, but unless you have the blood of Ulysses and of Penelope in your veins I see no likelihood of your succeeding. Sons are seldom as good men as their fathers; they are generally worse, not better; still, as you are not going to be either fool or coward henceforward, and are not entirely without some share of your father's wise discernment, I look with hope upon your undertaking. But mind you never make common cause with any of those foolish suitors, for they have neither sense nor virtue, and give no thought to death and to the doom that will shortly fall on one and all of them, so that they shall perish on the same day."

This quotation is in response to Telemachus' prayer at the seaside. Minerva is simply giving Telemachus more confidence in himself.   Telemachus is frustrated because the suitors doubt he can put together a ship, find a crew and find his father.  They think very low of Telemachus partially because they have known him since he was eleven and do not think he is of any threat to them as well as the fact that he still believes his father, Odysseus, is still alive.  With many doubters, Telemachus looks for Minerva, Odysseus' good friend, for support.  Minerva proclaims that if Telemachus is like his father then he would not give up and would persevere against all odds.  Minerva also explains that sons have expectations when compared to their father but should not surpass the father in skill.  He also states that he will not succeed if he is a coward which is obvious but Telemachus needs that reinforcement.  Telemachus pretty much grew up without a father and has nothing to lean as far as people whom he can ask about certain subjects, such as dealing with the suitors.  He only has his mom who is helpless as well.  Minerva tells Telemachus to not listen to the suitors because they have no real purpose in life other than being with his mom for a night.   Minerva is a mentor for Telemachus.  He says the right things to Telemachus and has gained his trust after a day of speaking with him.   With all this in Telemachus' mind, Minerva promises to find him a ship and crew as long as he can have the confidence of searching for his long lost dad and leave immediately.   Telemachus needs to stay confident and he can not let the suitors get to him.

Telemakhos finally gets some guts and decides to step up and have a meeting to kick out all of the suitors in his house. One of the suitors disagrees with Telemakhos and says that the suitors will stay until his mother Penelope is married to one of them. I am not sure if this is right but it said something like, Penelope made a shroud, or something and that somehow meant that she had to be wed. She did not want to follow it so she was unraveling it each night so that it would no long exist. Something gave a sign that Telemakhos must get men together by Athena to go out and search for his father Odysseus and see whether he is alive or not. This section or book was a lot shorter than the one before and a bit easier to understand if I got this right. It was pointed out to me that this story matches the Hero Circle of events perfectly. According to that, the story is just about to begin to unravel. I am not really sure what else to say. (187)

"The old man's words delighted the son of Odysseus, who kept his chair no longer but stood up, eager to speak, in the midst of all the men." (lines 36-38, p. 20)

This quote says a lot about Telemachus. First, instead of saying his name, it says "the son of Odysseus". I think that using this instead places him on a higher pedestal. Now it seems like he has more authority and rights.  It also states that he was ≥delighted≤ and stood up from his chair. This shows how he was eager to speak to the men; to use his authority over them. His actions correspond to the use of ≥the son of Odysseus≤; the title is given to him and he takes the power he has not used over the men before. By speaking to the men, and not swaying to their demands or opinions, he shows courage. This is because he is greatly outnumbered, and younger than many of them, he could easily have been passive and agreed to their reasoning, but did not. Even after they accuse his mother of being misleading, he still tells them they have to leave and follows through with the plan of leaving to search for Odysseus. He is also shown to have more power by the wording in the quote ≥eager to speak, in the midst of all the men≤, because among all the men, he is the one who is telling them what to do and it relates him to his father, since Odysseus once ruled. However, I am guessing that this show of privilege will soon become too much for Telemachus and may make him conceited or too confident in his actions, but I am not positive.  I think it also shows his willingness to leave and look for Odysseus. At this point, he probably wants to leave and show his courage and authority. Overall, I think this quote shows a lot about between Telemachus and Odysseus as well as Telemachusπ eagerness to prove himself and take reign of the power he was offered. (345)

Telemakhos says on page 23 that "If u choose to slaughter one man's livestock and pay nothing,this is rapine;and by the eternal gods I beg Zeus you shall get what you deserve:a slaughter here,and nothing paid for it!" I believe that in this quote Telemakhos is being ridculous.He claims that he loves his mother and he wants to give her up to the suitors,but yet he is willing to have them pay for food and shelter when they shouldn't even be there in the first place.Telemakhos also states on page 25 that "If he's alive,and beating  his way home,I might hold out for another weary year;but if they tell me that he's dead and gone,then I can come back to my own dear country and raise a mound for him,and burn his gear,with all the funeral honors that befit him,and give my mother to another husband.".I believe that Telemakhos is very determined to find his father.He wants to know if there is any more reason to hold this suitors off.He is hoping that he is still alive,that way he can be king and his mother won't have to remarry.I also believe that he is buying more time for his mother,so that she doesnt have to marry any of the suitors in the hope that her husband is still alive and well.Telemakhos is so desperate to find out if his father is dead that he only tells one maid that he is living.His mother knows nothing.Athena,the goddess is helping Telemakhos is this journey.She is very helpful.She gets him a crew to help him with his search for his father.In the end of the chapter he is in the boat,on his journey to find his long lost father.I hope it turns out well (291)