The theory is that when people's ego is in the way, it makes them make mistakes and their mistakes make a person realize that his ego influences him, in the Odyssey, to Homer, this dilemma is present for Ulysses. At the beginning of the Odyssey, Odysseus has a huge ego problem. Odysseus was once a generous and successful man, his success and acts of generosity cause his ego to get in the way, and as a result he makes mistakes, his ego gets in the way and he has failures. When Odysseus realizes his failures, he returns to himself again. Although Odysseus was a kind and successful man, his success led to ego problems that led to failure and his failures turned him back into the successful Odysseus. At the beginning of the Odyssey, Odysseus was once a kind and successful person. After Odysseus's success in the war, his ego begins to get in his way leading to his failure. In the early scenes of the book, Odysseus was a kind man. Odysseus goes to visit his swineherd, Eumaeus in disguise. During his visit, Eumaeus begins to talk about how much he misses the old king, Odysseus. Eumaeus says: “The gods must have blocked his journey home. He had treated me well, he would, with a house, a plot of land, and a wife you would gladly appreciate” (303). In this quote, we are told that Eumaeus is a man of low status because he lives in a hut and works as a swineherd for the king. We can also say that Odysseus was once a good king because Eumaeus thinks that this is how Odysseus would have treated him. Furthermore, if Odysseus were to give this to Eumaeus, it shows that he was a kind king. Throughout the book, Odysseus is no longer seen as a kind and successful person. He behaves like an egomaniac which leads him to failure. In this scene... in the center of the paper... himself, we can say that his ego is low. Towards the end of the Odyssey, Odysseus is a man with a low ego. Since Odysseus has a low ego, he turns back to his old personal gain. At the end of the Odyssey, Odysseus is in the midst of killing the suitors who were present in his palace. “...he threw himself at Ulysses, grabbed his knees, shouting to the king: 'I hug your knees, Ulysses, have mercy! spare my life!” (449). From here we learn that Odysseus takes his low points and uses them to give him the strength to succeed again. Odysseus is tactically successful here because he is slaughtering everyone and there are some suitors who are very scared and ask Odysseus to spare their lives. Although Odysseus was a kind and successful man, his success led to ego issues that led to failure and his failures. transforms him back into the lucky Ulysses.