Courage

their father they had enlisted. This also influenced the boys, especially Desmond to not partake in violence. His father’s influence was so powerful that it also indirectly affected many, many more lives through Desmond. After Desmond finds the courage to tell his father he has enlisted, he says to his father, “I can’t stay here while all the other people are fighting for me.”, showing that he had a reason for wanting to enlist, not to just cause more violence, but a job that he felt led to…

Staying loyal to your values and beliefs helps to face the challenges put in your way. Throughout the novel, Beowulf, translated by Burton Raffel, the main character, Beowulf, understands this concept and uses it to help him through battles. As Beowulf takes on the challenge of fighting dangerous monsters, he undergoes many obstacles in his effort to rescue his peers. No one has been a match for these creatures until Beowulf came along and defeated them. He ensured to stay true to his word and…

My greatest strengths are my appreciation for Beauty & Excellence, Humor, Fairness, Humility, and Teamwork. My top three strengths are my appreciation for beauty and excellence, humor, and courage, I personally think that these three are the basic building blocks to being myself. First off my appreciation for beauty and excellence/curiosity has always been there, other cultures have amazed me, I’ve learned what I like and what I don’t like and I’ve learned that other people could have…

The Iliad is a Greek story of courage and heroism in the most certain dangers of war. Men on both sides fight for honor for their countries and their families. However, even the greatest heroes are still human, and still have flaws that make them human. What makes us human isn’t necessary the physical strength that we may or may not possess, but rather the strength that lies within us. Emotions are both seen as good, or may also seen as detriment to our successes. In Book XXII, Hector stands…

that have done something for the greater good. A hero is a person who has gone out of their way to help or save something or someone from danger. The Merriam Webster Dictionary defines a hero as, a person, typically a man who is admired for having courage or having outstanding achievements (Merriam-Webster). In my opinion this book definition is wrong, because heroes aren’t just men. Heroes can range from being a small town sports team that just won a state championship or soldiers who saved a…

He embodies all the traditional characteristics of a hero, such as extreme strength and courage, and he goes through the hero cycle where he is called to action and tested before horrible monsters. Although he emerges victorious, he is not without flaw. His hubris leads to a low point where he is close to death, but because Beowulf is a true…

“The art of courage is staring into a boar’s eyes, using that fear invoked inside yourself to fuel a fire, making you even stronger during a time of great panic.” This word of advice once uttered from my father’s mouth while we were hunting is one of the last recollections I have of him. Little did I know was that his words of wisdom would ring true, time and time again during my lifetime. When I was fourteen years old, both of my parents passed away during a raid of our village. They were…

In life, individuals have someone in their life that they look up to and feel that they are the greatest hero that had ever lived. A hero is someone who is selfless, courageous, determined, always have a positive outlook on life, and someone who is not afraid to take the risk and help other individuals in need. Anyone in the world can be a hero no matter how small or big the kindness they show. In Annie Dillard's “The Chase,” her character shows the real meaning of friendship because she defied…

‘A nation whose youth are endowed with self as strong and hard as steel No need of piercing swords in war Such people brave can ever feel.’ Today youth is the powerful weapon we have, which can be utilised to all those works which are undone yet. Everyone knows that the youth is an asset of a nation because Youth is the building blocks of a country. It is a reality that the progress of a county is in the hands of its youth. The stronger the youth, the more developed country will be. The…

Throughout history stories of the hero, tragic and flawed, have been told verbally, in writing and, most recently, through film and other forms of electronic media. The hero is revered and respected, someone that children are taught to look up to and aspire to be. We are conditioned to believe that to be a hero is to endure the most challenging of circumstances and to still come out on top; taught that to be righteous and victorious in your willing participation as you seek to accomplish a goal…