When you hear the expression modern-day hero, who comes to your mind? Is this person famous? Is this person from your family? For me, there is a specific person that comes to my mind. This person is tenant Joe Torillo, a firefighter who went to WTC towers in 9/11 for trying saving lifes. He is the first person that comes to my mind because, for me, he matches perfectly in the concept of hero. That’s because he risked his life for others life, and for me, that’s what a hero do. When people say the word hero, what comes to their mind generally are the ancient Greek stories, like Perseus, Hercules, Odysseu. These heroes have some characteristics in common between each other, as kindness, braveness and intelligence, that’s why they are remembered
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He is a very brave man, just as the classical heroes, but the difference is that he comes from the real life. He risked his own life for trying saving other’s people life.
Joe Torillo fits perfectly in the concept of modern-day hero, because he really risked his life, by entering into the fire from WTC towers, only for helping others. But when we compare him to an epic hero, it has some differences. Joe Torillo is not noble and a totally handsome guy as the epic heroes. Another difference is that most of the epic heroes follow the “Hero’s Journey”, but Joe Torillo does not pass by this. He does not have the stages in his role in the WTC 9/11 attack, for exemple. But he is similar too in some points, as his braveness, that is just like from the epic heroes.
Joe Torillo totally worth the title of hero, because he has done the most difficult and respectable that a person can do; putted other’s life in a higher level them his own, making they more important. For everyone, he should be considered a hero, because he has done the most difficult and beautiful thing he could have done, and if someone doesn’t consider this a hero, it will be difficult to this person to find someone greater than Joe
He is a very brave man, just as the classical heroes, but the difference is that he comes from the real life. He risked his own life for trying saving other’s people life.
Joe Torillo fits perfectly in the concept of modern-day hero, because he really risked his life, by entering into the fire from WTC towers, only for helping others. But when we compare him to an epic hero, it has some differences. Joe Torillo is not noble and a totally handsome guy as the epic heroes. Another difference is that most of the epic heroes follow the “Hero’s Journey”, but Joe Torillo does not pass by this. He does not have the stages in his role in the WTC 9/11 attack, for exemple. But he is similar too in some points, as his braveness, that is just like from the epic heroes.
Joe Torillo totally worth the title of hero, because he has done the most difficult and respectable that a person can do; putted other’s life in a higher level them his own, making they more important. For everyone, he should be considered a hero, because he has done the most difficult and beautiful thing he could have done, and if someone doesn’t consider this a hero, it will be difficult to this person to find someone greater than Joe