In poetry and song, literature, and action movies, the hero embodies the qualities of bravery, strength, and honor. According to Merriam-Webster, a hero is a mythological or legendary figure often of divine descent endowed with great strength or ability: a warrior: a person admired for achievements and noble qualities: one who shows great courage. While others define this concept as an actual cause a selfish or unselfish act, on the other hand, a hero is someone who stands for integrity and justice for all humanity and willingly put his life in peril for that belief. As noted there will always be different definitions of a hero as of the diverse perspective on the issue.
Let’s look at the different perspective of a hero, for example, Michael, the character in the poem “Crazy Courage” was his actions courageous enough to consider a hero or was his act self-centered and selfish. Based on the poem he took a stance on being his self regardless of how society thought it might not fit the norm. “He came to my fiction class as a man (dressed in men’s clothes); then he came to my poetry class as a woman (dressed in women’s clothes, but he was still a man under the clothes) p 148. So, is Michael the unsung hero who dares …show more content…
Though, others look to mythological or legendary figure to quench their enthusiasm for heroism. Hercules, the son of Zeus, nobility, handsome, mighty in strength and ability, a warrior of all warriors, half man, and half god. Hercules embellishes all the characteristics and qualities, per Merriam-Webster definition a hero should adorn. He is everything a person would want in a hero, but he is a myth or legend, and everyday heroes resembling today’s society from “Bodega Dreams” or “The Train from Hate”, real people needed to look up
Let’s look at the different perspective of a hero, for example, Michael, the character in the poem “Crazy Courage” was his actions courageous enough to consider a hero or was his act self-centered and selfish. Based on the poem he took a stance on being his self regardless of how society thought it might not fit the norm. “He came to my fiction class as a man (dressed in men’s clothes); then he came to my poetry class as a woman (dressed in women’s clothes, but he was still a man under the clothes) p 148. So, is Michael the unsung hero who dares …show more content…
Though, others look to mythological or legendary figure to quench their enthusiasm for heroism. Hercules, the son of Zeus, nobility, handsome, mighty in strength and ability, a warrior of all warriors, half man, and half god. Hercules embellishes all the characteristics and qualities, per Merriam-Webster definition a hero should adorn. He is everything a person would want in a hero, but he is a myth or legend, and everyday heroes resembling today’s society from “Bodega Dreams” or “The Train from Hate”, real people needed to look up