Willie Ho

After reading The Iliad books I and XXII, I couldn't help but think about how most of the characters are portrayed to be pompous and overconfident individuals who shouldn't be because they probably are not capable of anything. Agamemnon was arguing with Achilles in Book I about how he deserved whatever amount of profit whenever there was a battle won. Achilles was angered than he and the other troops did all the fighting yet Agamemnon took all the loot/credit. Achilles was ready to kill Agamemnon but then he didn't because Minerva came down and basically told him there is no point in killing Agamemnon because he will perish later. It seems that Achilles is full of rage at all times in The Iliad. In Book XXII, he is on a rampage and just wants to fight everything and everyone. All he cares about is fighting and fighting efficiently. He chases down Hector, who is known to be quite powerful as well. Hectors attempts to flee from Achilles but is tricked by Minerva, who appeared and came to help Achilles again. After defeating Hector, he dishonors Hector's death by allowing the Achaeans to stab and spear at his body. He then ties his body to a horse and drags it to Hector's parents. I did not like the character of Achilles. He is a monstrous powerful and abusive warrior, much like a big bully. On top of that, Minerva keeps assisting him in his rampage of rage.