Every book and piece of literature has a hero in it. They all are different and they all face different challenges, that aren’t always slaying beasts like some people may assume. Yet, they all do have one thing in common; standing up for someone or doing the right thing or staying loyal, even while facing hardship. A type of hero is the one who does what is right even when others will frown on them and create prejudice. Examples are like Atticus Finch from To Kill a Mockingbird and Juror Eight from 12 Angry Men. Another type of hero can be the typical type that comes to mind, one who slays beasts and goes on crazy adventurous journeys. Odysseus from The Odyssey is a great example of just that.
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Juror Eight is a hero for many reasons just like Atticus was. Firstly, a hero is someone that has bravery and courage, he also puts himself before others. Juror stood against all other’s opinions to prove his own. Juror Eleven says it best, “It takes a great deal of courage to stand alone even if you believe in something very strongly” (Rose, 28). This basically means that no matter how much you believe you are correct, it’s still hard to fight through all the peer pressure to prove yourself instead of just taking the easy way out and going with others. He turns every single juror to “not guilty” when they started out as eleven to one, the one being eight, in favor of “guilty.” He started out as the guy who just gave the poor boy, getting voted on to get “the chair”, and he ended as the guy who persuades everyone to put the facts into action. They then realized there’s a reasonable doubt to the boy killing his father. He also is a hero because he puts Juror Three in his place by saying strongly, “You want to see this boy die because you personally want it--not because of the facts. You are a beast. You disgust me,” (Rose, 43) and after he roasts him, Three says, “I’ll kill him” (Rose , 43). Eight then says,“You don’t really mean you’ll kill me, do you?” (Rose, 43). Proving the fact that when you say …show more content…
Odysseus from The Odyssey is that type of hero. In the book, Odysseus just got finished with the ten year long Trojan War to only find himself on any man’s toughest journey home. He faces many challenges as he sails back to his throne and his wife on Ithaca, on a ten year trip that should’ve only taken two months. A hero can be one who kills or outmaneuvers dangerous monsters protecting his crew. After Odysseus is finished in Troy he lands on the island of Sicily and his curiosity takes over, so him and a couple crew members scoured the island. They end up in a cave with no one in it, yet there is piles of food. After eating some of the food, the owner returns, he is a huge strong cyclops. He eats some of his crew then Odysseus realizes he must act fast, he says, “‘Here, cyclops, try this wine to top off the banquet of human flesh you’ve bolted down! ’” (Book 9, ) Odysseus used his heroic-like intelligence to think of a way to get out of their situation because he uses his head and knows he can’t kill the Cyclops for there is a huge boulder only movable by him blocking the entrance. Afterwards, the Cyclops gets drunk and falls asleep so Odysseus thinks of a plan to sharpen a stick and blind the Cyclops. He then uses his intelligence to tie them to the bottom of the sheep so the Cyclops couldn’t find them on the
A hero is someone who does courageous acts and …show more content…
Juror Eight is a hero for many reasons just like Atticus was. Firstly, a hero is someone that has bravery and courage, he also puts himself before others. Juror stood against all other’s opinions to prove his own. Juror Eleven says it best, “It takes a great deal of courage to stand alone even if you believe in something very strongly” (Rose, 28). This basically means that no matter how much you believe you are correct, it’s still hard to fight through all the peer pressure to prove yourself instead of just taking the easy way out and going with others. He turns every single juror to “not guilty” when they started out as eleven to one, the one being eight, in favor of “guilty.” He started out as the guy who just gave the poor boy, getting voted on to get “the chair”, and he ended as the guy who persuades everyone to put the facts into action. They then realized there’s a reasonable doubt to the boy killing his father. He also is a hero because he puts Juror Three in his place by saying strongly, “You want to see this boy die because you personally want it--not because of the facts. You are a beast. You disgust me,” (Rose, 43) and after he roasts him, Three says, “I’ll kill him” (Rose , 43). Eight then says,“You don’t really mean you’ll kill me, do you?” (Rose, 43). Proving the fact that when you say …show more content…
Odysseus from The Odyssey is that type of hero. In the book, Odysseus just got finished with the ten year long Trojan War to only find himself on any man’s toughest journey home. He faces many challenges as he sails back to his throne and his wife on Ithaca, on a ten year trip that should’ve only taken two months. A hero can be one who kills or outmaneuvers dangerous monsters protecting his crew. After Odysseus is finished in Troy he lands on the island of Sicily and his curiosity takes over, so him and a couple crew members scoured the island. They end up in a cave with no one in it, yet there is piles of food. After eating some of the food, the owner returns, he is a huge strong cyclops. He eats some of his crew then Odysseus realizes he must act fast, he says, “‘Here, cyclops, try this wine to top off the banquet of human flesh you’ve bolted down! ’” (Book 9, ) Odysseus used his heroic-like intelligence to think of a way to get out of their situation because he uses his head and knows he can’t kill the Cyclops for there is a huge boulder only movable by him blocking the entrance. Afterwards, the Cyclops gets drunk and falls asleep so Odysseus thinks of a plan to sharpen a stick and blind the Cyclops. He then uses his intelligence to tie them to the bottom of the sheep so the Cyclops couldn’t find them on the