Hero

A hero is someone who while accomplishing their own goals, has a good impact on others they meet along the way. Someone who has an amazing example and path for others to follow. Someone with superb values and morals with an attitude to match. Human beings will always have weaknesses, but what makes a hero, a hero is how you deal with your weakness; you should wear your weaknesses as a strength, you should hide or be afraid of them. I picked two people that represents what I think a hero is, one…

Christopher Reeve once said, “A hero is someone who, in spite of weakness, doubt or not always knowing the answers, goes ahead and overcomes anyway.” In Eudora Welty’s “A Worn Path” the protagonist, Phoenix Jackson, is a hero. Jackson fits all of the requirements Reeve describes. “A Worn Path” by Eudora Welty revolves around the heroine Phoenix Jackson who is heroic for her mysterious origins, heartfelt goal, and her descent into darkness, according to Joseph Campbell’s Hero Quest Chart. The…

What defines a Hero? “Heroes are made by the paths they choose, not the powers they are graced with” (Brodi Ashton). We determine our fates on how we live, from the paths we walk and doors we open. Once in awhile a person would endure their fears to overcome them, and they gain confidence that they can do anything if they set to it. Through their efforts they affect a great number of people, and they do this without any superpowers at all. Powers are nice to have either way but we…

foreign lands. Along the way, Odysseus meets with great trials and tribulations. Not only is Odysseus a great and loyal king, he is also a courageous and strong soldier. Due to the qualities that Odysseus possesses, he can be categorized as a true Greek hero. Odysseus is favored by the goddess Athena during his journeys away from home and returning home. Athena stays with Odysseus, aids him in his times of need, and ensures that…

What is a hero, well let me tell you. A hero is someone that will go out of there way to help someone that is in danger. For example: Johnny is a hero because he had been abused by his parents multiple times and still had the compassion to go into a burning church and rescue a whole bunch of kids the only downside was that Johnny lost his life at the age of 16yrs old. Johnny died in the hospital , when he died he gave the book “Gone With The Wind” to pony so that pony could read it to him as he…

What are the fundamentals of an epic hero, and how does this epic hero Beowulf relate to the Anglo-Saxon world that thrived so long ago? While reading the spine tingling work Beowulf, I discovered the answers to these confounding questions. This work of evolutionary poetry paved the way for all epic heroes and their destinies. The simple complexity of this work is breathtaking, and it is more than meets the eye. When it comes to analyzing this stunning masterpiece it is hard to merely put into…

The definition of a hero is an individual who stands by their friends no matter what and risks their own life to save others.In the book The Outsiders by S.E Hinton.The main Character Ponyboy Curtis embodies the definition of a hero,because he stood by his friend Johnny when he commited a crime and saved children inside a burning church. When one of the school teachers says a few of the children are missing and she has been looking for them for quite a while,she says they must be stuck in the…

Atalanta. She was a woman hero liked by many, but some people didn’t like that she was a female hero, the neglect that she gave people after she was married, and others thought that her and her husband insulted Zeus and Aphrodite. Though all of these can be overlooked with many positives, because her positives outweigh negatives. One reason that Atalanta wasn’t liked was because she was a female hero and the other male heros thought that she doesn’t belong as a hero. Though there are many…

In the epic, Beowulf, by Seamus Heaney, the main character, Beowulf, is seen as a great hero to all. This is false. Beowulf is not a hero, he is just a glory driven warrior that does not care about others. He, as a king, should not risk his life to fight the dragon and leave his people to fend for themselves against the other societies looking for more power. If Beowulf is a true hero he would do what is best for his people, not what is best for his ego. Also as he takes his last breathes he is…

The hero is not always obvious just as the villain isn't always obvious. In the series Artemis Fowl the main character is a twelve year old boy named Artemis Fowl. He, in my opinion, develops the qualities of a true hero. At first glance he doesn't seem anything like a hero, however as he develops, we see him change into a grand young man. His heroism is explained within these basic examples: he cares about his family and friends, he does what's right and stops those who would do wrong, and he…