The Epic Of Beowulf: A True Hero

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According to Tom Hanks, “ A hero is somebody that voluntarily walks into the unknown.” In 1000 A.D. when the epic of Beowulf was written, heroes were brave people that would fight for the people and save their lives. Today, there is the same concept of back then. Soldiers and other life saving heroes will never go away.
Save lives isn’t always easy to do. Sometimes it involves killing the ones trying to defeat us, but it's for the best. Beowulf travels to Herot to stop Grendel from killing more men during the winter. When Beowulf defeats Grendel, the sea witch (Grendel’s mother) seek revenge. Beowulf travels to the sea witch’s swamp to sieve her. The heroes now days get deployed to another country to defeat the terrorist that wants to hurt our people. There are citizens out there that like to help people from the kindness our their heart. Some people are selfish, but they are forced to. Doctors today help the injured because that is what they like to do. That is the the type of people that should increase in population. There were people during Beowulf's battle that volunteered to bandage the injured ones and improve the health of the sick.
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Beowulf’s strength was tremendous. When Beowulf decapitated the sea witch, swam in the boiling water of the swamp with the sea witch's head in one hand and swimming with another. Carrying the head took four men versus Beowulf with one hand. Not only was Beowulf physically strange but he was also mentally strong. Beowulf was mentally strong by being determined to defeat the monsters and protect the people. Soldiers are determined ,by strength, to overpower the terrorists that try to repress the citizens of United States today. Police Officers try to apprehend the criminals so the countries would become less

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