In the epic Omeros by Derek Walcott there is a piece of literature that demands close attention. This poem can sometimes be dangerously confusing because it is written in a universe where so many different things happen. Omeros is a racial, ethnic, and political poem that fascinates the reader for a couple of reasons. Wolcott intentionally does not place the poem at any point in chronological order. It uses many different cultures/religions such as African Gods, Greek Gods, Caribbean Gods, and Christian God. Wolcott talks about the complexity of being both Afrocentric and Eurocentric and shows how these principles/ideologies distract us as human beings. His characters show signs of moving through society trying to assimilate culture and race. The poem also in some cases rejects or hides the race and culture of the characters as they try to find an identity in the world. Omeros is unlike any traditional epic poem and deviates from the conventional genre of an epic poem. Jay, for example, says, “The epic element in Omeros threatens to reopen an old debate about Walcott's relationship to European and African elements in his personal heritage and in West Indian culture as a whole” (Jay 546). Walcott uses wounds to open up this long debate and show us how these cultures work against and with us. The wound is an evident and prevalent symbol for each character on both a physical and psychological level. The wound is the gash in the history that unites us all. Omeros is a literary piece that continues to spark mass controversy and raises many questions about its legitimacy as an epic poem. One reason is that no one really wants to admit or discuss what Wolcott is really proposing. This is precisely the... center of the card... the cultural, racial and national values ​​that each character has since there is not one protagonist but multiple very different characters less of a universe dealing with very different problems. . Wolcott's lack of traditional epic elements distracts readers from focusing on the real issue of the wounds the story has caused in our various cultures. Understanding how Walcott connects the races with the characters' problems related to their wound; one can realize that each character had something that another lacked. . Wolcott deviates from the norms of epic writing because he imports all African, European, and Caribbean culture to show unity among all. This is why from the beginning he uses contradictions to show how no character comes from a specific region. However, we are all multicultural or multiracial because of the wounds that history has created.