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e shows the true character of him, and shows the flaws of a hero. One of the first things to notice is Beowulf’s boasting personality. He lets us know early on that he wants everyone in his land and even everyone in the world to fully understand and believe the pride in his heart. As stated on “When it comes to fighting, I count myself...as dangerous any day as Grendel” (Heaney). This represents how Beowulf firmly thinks that he is as strong and violent as Grendel, the fierce monster haunting…

Julianna When riding through the city of Julianna into a small district, there is a change in setting, from a typical fast paced city to a utopian upscale neighborhood. There is a plaza on this route and if you blink you could miss it. It includes two concrete columns that appear more as construction debris rather than a typical art installation and an almost castle looking piece of architecture. The streets around here are all new, redeveloped and reborn. Buildings in the area, to the everyday…

What Makes a Hero a Hero As we go about a sunny day in California, happy and free, under the same sun, our brave soldiers are risking their lives to keep us safe. As we get ready to go to sleep, doctors and nurses are performing life-saving surgeries. As we are sleeping soundly, policemen begin their patrol of the city. Underneath these uniforms, these men and women are ordinary people like us. They are mothers, fathers, sons, and daughters. They have families and children. But when they…

Survival Is A Must Despair, hope and the struggle to survive; he has endured all of these. A famous olympic athlete, he dedicated his life to running. That is, until the war, where he was forced to join the army to fight against Japan. His plane crashed and him with his friend survived, only to end up in the grasps of the enemy. Optimistic and resourceful, This is Louie Zamperini, from one of Lauren Hillenbrand’s best selling books, unbroken. First off, Louie is forgiving, “They’d be rescued…

Respect Many people in the world deserve respect from others, but they do not usually receive it. Doctors, lawyers, government officials, military members, parents, teachers, athletes, businessmen, and pastors all should have admiration. Numerous people, because of resignation or authority, deserve more acknowledgement from individuals. Unfortunately, military members, parents, teachers, and pastors fall into the category of not receiving adequate appreciation. Others in authority--which…

Bilbo grew as a character, and really represented the message of the novel, that a small person is capable of big things. Bilbo walked into the an adventure that he wasn’t sure he was capable of going on, yet he proved that he was capable of being the hero. In conclusion, Everyone should read the novel because of how outstanding Bilbo is as a character, and how he proves that a small person is capable of…

order to be named a hero. The hero would start off in the “ordinary world”. The ordinary word is where the hero would usually be doing their daily routine . Next, the hero would receive the call to adventure. The call to adventure is when the hero gets interrupted in their ordinary world to complete a quest or challenge that was presented to them. The quest or challenge is usually presented by a message, an announcement, a sudden storm, or a death. After the call to adventure the hero becomes…

Erik Erikson’s stage theory of psychosocial development alludes to the moral dilemma many people experience later in life, the topic of ego integrity versus despair. Here, the stage describes how people of advanced age look back at his or her life positively or negatively with the legacy they may leave behind before passing away. In the c. 2000 BCE Sumerian epic poem, The Epic of Gilgamesh, the main character, Gilgamesh, battles with a similar form of identity crisis in an outline reminiscent of…

Heroes & New Age Heroes It can be rather difficult to pinpoint what a hero is. “defining a hero” By Peter R. Stillman, tells us a hero is a male who is to “overcome the weakness and temptations we give in to…” (para.3). However, Joseph Campbell throughout The Power of Myth tells us that heroes can be a plethora of beings, such as a mother or a child; “Giving birth is a heroic deed... The mother as a hero.”(125). Can a hero truly be just anyone from an old myth to a parent or even a well…

America’s Gift To My Generation - Rough Draft From America, to our generation, the treasured gift with freedom, stuffed inside. Many may think this gift is permanent, however is it possible to lose it? Rotten, dark choices would most likely cause your gift to cease for example, jail time. Being responsible should keep this golden gift from fading away. This gift is a privilege, a kind that is priceless, that would be extremely painful to lose. This privilege isn’t free, though, it’s paid by…