I will be discussing why odysseus always is so cashes when he is meeting strangers. For example when he meets his father again in the field. Why does he not just tell him right away? In some cases he questions the person he meets to learn about them but in this case he knows that it is his father but does not go up to him and wrap his arms around him. He decides to have a conversation with him. I think he might be doing this because he wants to ease his father back into it. If he tells him at once it may overwhelm him.