What does Odysseus disguised as a beggar symbolize?

In The Odyssey, Odysseus got disguised as a beggar, but what is the symbolism of it? Odysseus disguised as a beggar symbolizes the struggles that he’s had on his journey home. Beggars in the book symbolize something but beggars in reality don’t symbolize anything, because they don’t choose that life, but Odysseus got turned into a beggar and that symbolizes something. The beggars in the book symbolize all the struggles Odysseus and people in general have. Beggars have a hard time getting by in life, they need help, and they need people to care about them. Just like Odysseus, he needed help on his way home and he needed people or the gods to care enough to help him. Beggars are called beggars because they are constantly asking for something without the plan of giving you something in return. You don’t have to look like a beggar to be one. And what I mean is that there are people in this world who take just to take something, and they ask for things without repaying you in some way. I’m not saying you have to repay favors every time, but it’s nice to give back sometimes. I think we should all give to people whether they did anything for us or not, because you shouldn’t just pay someone back for a favor and then do nothing for them after that, we should all just do our part in doing things for people and not keeping track, just be nice and give to people just because.