We first meet Telemachus when the goddess Athena is dressed up as mentor, but Telemachus does not know it is Athena. So seeing this new visiter he shows the popular form of Xenia and invites the stranger to a high,elaborate, chair of honor over it draped a cloth, and here he placed the guest with a stool to rest the stranger's feet. From these actions you can tell that Telemachus is a traditional and polite person since he is following Xenia. After he follows the regular guidelines of Xenia he ask the stranger who he was. The stranger responds that he is a old friend of Telemachus's father. Then he tells Telemachus that his father is alive, first Telemachus does not believe Mentes, a bunch of stories are told from Mentes, and Telemachus believes him. Right then you get a sense that Telemachus wants to find his father. The next morning Telemachus pops up out of his bed to find his father, in fact he is so exited that he already had on his clothes. On this voyage he gets tested, in book 2 line 143 he tells Antinous that he cannot send his mom home back to her father. First of all Odysseus would not like that but Penelope's father would not appreciate it either. So right then he puts on his "big boy pants" and says that he can't do so. Telemachus runs into King Nestor and in book 3 line 113 King Nestor helps Telemachus by leading him in the right way and even gives Telemachus some ships to help him find his father. With Telemachus receiving the help he is not ashamed to receive help from a human. Telemachus, King Nestor, and their fleet ships head to Sparta to talk to the Red Haired King Menelaus. In book 4 line 352, Telemachus is awaken by King Menelaus and asks him what business Telemachus has in his land. Telemachus responds and basically says he is trying to find his father, and asks the King for his help. The King tells Telemachus that he has seen his father and tells him that the gods are mad at hime so he is having a hard time getting home. Then in mainly in books 21-24 you see the more emotional part of him. Why would you blame him, he sees father for the first time in his life. In seeing his father first he thought it was a trick, but then Odysseus got the message to him that he was his father. When Odysseus told Telemachus about the plan to kill all of the suitors he was completely on board. Normally if a dad who has not really been a father figure to his son, the son will act defiant against the dad. But no, Telemachus was mature enough to do what his father said and not be disobedient. From this point on Telemachus has learned to be a man because now he has his dad back, and who else is there to have a role model than the Great Odysseus.