Louden believes recognition as a reoccurring theme throughout The Odysseus. He demonstrates how many difference occurrences there are with recognition playing a role in the story. This is what he builds the argument of Penelope’s early recognition on. He talks about all of the different times recognition occurred throughout the story, so to him it only makes sense that it occurred between Penelope and Odysseus. Louden believes the early recognition occurs in book 19. When Penelope meets with the beggar and begins to question him about her husband. It is during this questioning that she realizes the beggar is in fact her husband, and she continues to test him. This journal will work within the thesis, because it addresses recognition as a theme