Summarization for Heroes for Our Age: How Heroes Can Elevate Students’ Lives In this extensive article excerpt, Heroes for Our Age: How Heroes Can Elevate Students’ Lives, written by Peter H. Gibbon a researcher associate at Harvard, the definition for “ hero” is expanded and explained thoroughly. With countless examples, dedicated research, interviews, and deep critical analysis, he is able to enrapture the quintessence of what a real hero is. Especially, on the principle of how they are viewed today, or if they are even acknowledged in present day. Emphasized in this article is the absence of heroes within new generations. As it states in the first paragraph “To get through life and permit the higher self to prevail, we depend on public
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One of them being Eva Jane Price, Kathe Kollwitz, and Eugenia Ginzburg who spent over a decade in prison. In that speech he also justified how in today’s society it is hard for people to understand the importance of having a hero and the toll it has taken on future generations. Students now lack hope and idealism and are more materialistic. In response, to his analysis people from all around the country reflected on his thoughts. As an example, a high school teacher of 33 years stated “the more affluent students… visions of greatness have been clouded by materialism.” To further elaborate, no one cares about having a hero. And a majority, including me don’t see the purpose of even having one. The only person I need to look up to is me and the Lord. From there, the author when coco for heroes and dedicated the rest of his sad career to researching it. Which is why he eventually wrote the book “A Call to Heroism”. Seems pathetic, why would you waste your life researching something that no one will ever care about? Surprisingly, Peter has found joy in doing so. For he states “The most rewarding part of this odyssey has been the five years I spent talking to students about heroes.” It is reasonable, why he choose high school students as the prime example; for they are the most challenged but simple …show more content…
They expand and expand and simply cannot be used to define just one thing. The same can be said for the word hero. Inherited from the Greeks, the word hero is much more than a simple warrior. Overall a hero is someone that other people admire and aspire themselves to be. There are numerous types of heroes; heroes in religion, culture, politics and even in the military. Just like the word “hero”, courage also has an extensive definition. Courage isn’t limited to physical strength, but for doing things that seem impossible, but really aren’t. Like Helen Keller for instance, she was blind and deaf but she still went ahead and chased her dreams, even though it seemed impossible. To continue, a possible reason of why heroes are so forgotten today, is because they are expected to be perfect. Which is impossible because humans aren’t perfect and unless we’re talking about superheroes, there’s no point. Especially, being that in today’s society people are identified by their flaws, instead of accomplishments. As an example, when someone thinks about Kim Kardashian, they automatically assume “The only reason she got famous is because she made that tape.” Which may be true, but in reality she is more than that one tape. In the end, we’re bound to fall, what is important is that we get back up. Peters is often asked why we need heroes, which is a question I myself ponder too. Along with others like me, we find heroes to be redundant and superficial. I
One of them being Eva Jane Price, Kathe Kollwitz, and Eugenia Ginzburg who spent over a decade in prison. In that speech he also justified how in today’s society it is hard for people to understand the importance of having a hero and the toll it has taken on future generations. Students now lack hope and idealism and are more materialistic. In response, to his analysis people from all around the country reflected on his thoughts. As an example, a high school teacher of 33 years stated “the more affluent students… visions of greatness have been clouded by materialism.” To further elaborate, no one cares about having a hero. And a majority, including me don’t see the purpose of even having one. The only person I need to look up to is me and the Lord. From there, the author when coco for heroes and dedicated the rest of his sad career to researching it. Which is why he eventually wrote the book “A Call to Heroism”. Seems pathetic, why would you waste your life researching something that no one will ever care about? Surprisingly, Peter has found joy in doing so. For he states “The most rewarding part of this odyssey has been the five years I spent talking to students about heroes.” It is reasonable, why he choose high school students as the prime example; for they are the most challenged but simple …show more content…
They expand and expand and simply cannot be used to define just one thing. The same can be said for the word hero. Inherited from the Greeks, the word hero is much more than a simple warrior. Overall a hero is someone that other people admire and aspire themselves to be. There are numerous types of heroes; heroes in religion, culture, politics and even in the military. Just like the word “hero”, courage also has an extensive definition. Courage isn’t limited to physical strength, but for doing things that seem impossible, but really aren’t. Like Helen Keller for instance, she was blind and deaf but she still went ahead and chased her dreams, even though it seemed impossible. To continue, a possible reason of why heroes are so forgotten today, is because they are expected to be perfect. Which is impossible because humans aren’t perfect and unless we’re talking about superheroes, there’s no point. Especially, being that in today’s society people are identified by their flaws, instead of accomplishments. As an example, when someone thinks about Kim Kardashian, they automatically assume “The only reason she got famous is because she made that tape.” Which may be true, but in reality she is more than that one tape. In the end, we’re bound to fall, what is important is that we get back up. Peters is often asked why we need heroes, which is a question I myself ponder too. Along with others like me, we find heroes to be redundant and superficial. I