Heroes constantly circulate through lives. Developed into society's source of inspiration and role models, from real people to fictional characters, all heroes formulate the foundation of “people to be like”. Heroes have been an vital aspect of human societies for centuries such as the great Odysseus from Homer’s epic poetry, the Odyssey, which is one of the greatest classics in human literature showcasing a man wandering the Mediterranean sea struggling to return home to his family on his island of Ithaca due to difficult challenges continually arising. More recently, Sarah Maas fictional novel A Court of Thorns and Roses depicts a peasant girl who falls in love for a Faerie, a race on magical beings she originally despised, but has to save
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For example, Odysseus, after hopelessly sailing around for ten years trying to return home to his family, kills the intruding suitors “till the score is paid” who had been a blight to his wife Penelope and threatened to murder his only son, Telemachus (22.64). The killings of the licentious men until they paid for their unjust actions exemplifies Odysseus’s extensive protection and the fighter within willing to defend of what he truly loves, his family. Odysseus’s greatest trait is his love which causes him to become an example of the person people want to have. Similarly, Feyre, at the age of eight, promised her dying mother to look after her family which lead her to take up hunting and attempting to leave the land she was forced live the rest of her life in, but as Tamlin, her lover, pointed out, “everything [she has] done [was not] about [the] promise or for [Feyres] sake, but for [theirs]” (Maas 143). By living for “their sake”, Feyre illustrates the sacrificed her life for her family because of her love, exposing the protector within her. Caring deeply about the wellbeing of her family, Feyre is an example of a person who fights and sacrifices for their loves. Protection has not altered from Odysseus to Feyre reflecting human nature to fight for what you love
For example, Odysseus, after hopelessly sailing around for ten years trying to return home to his family, kills the intruding suitors “till the score is paid” who had been a blight to his wife Penelope and threatened to murder his only son, Telemachus (22.64). The killings of the licentious men until they paid for their unjust actions exemplifies Odysseus’s extensive protection and the fighter within willing to defend of what he truly loves, his family. Odysseus’s greatest trait is his love which causes him to become an example of the person people want to have. Similarly, Feyre, at the age of eight, promised her dying mother to look after her family which lead her to take up hunting and attempting to leave the land she was forced live the rest of her life in, but as Tamlin, her lover, pointed out, “everything [she has] done [was not] about [the] promise or for [Feyres] sake, but for [theirs]” (Maas 143). By living for “their sake”, Feyre illustrates the sacrificed her life for her family because of her love, exposing the protector within her. Caring deeply about the wellbeing of her family, Feyre is an example of a person who fights and sacrifices for their loves. Protection has not altered from Odysseus to Feyre reflecting human nature to fight for what you love