Jason Reeves

When someone thinks of a “hero”, many different attributes may come to mind. For example, some might think of a parent or a mentor, someone they look up to. While others think of someone who risked their life for their country. Both of these are examples of true heros. Someone who is a true hero is selfless, sharp, caring, and ready for whatever may happen to them. In the story, “A Mystery of Heroism” by Stephen Crane, Fred Collins, the main character, decides to go straight into the…

Helene Kourouma Professor Alwine English 1302-2301 April 17, 2017 Heroes at the Zombies Films Heroes have always played an important part in films but what does it take to be a true hero? A hero Is someone who fights the inevitable and hard times to do good for the well-being of another person. Zombie films is a perfect example which shows many of the main qualities which defines the true meaning of the word hero. in the zombie films, there are always three types of heroes that make the movie…

A true hero is one who finds the courage, willpower, and passion to help others in their character. Once these three characteristics are met, any individual will have the strength in them to endure even the toughest challenges life can throw at them. Welles Crowther certainly had all three aspects of character. As reported by witnesses of Crowther’s actions, and as stated in “Saved on 9/11, by the Man in the Red Bandanna,” “He used it to put out some blazes and assigned a woman, Ling Young, to…

What is heroism? When I think of the word heroism I think of great bravery. Phillip Zimbardo once said, “To be a hero it means you must step across the line and are willing to make a sacrifice. Hero’s always take a risk. Hero’s always are deviant. Hero’s always are doing something that most people don’t and we want to change.” The truth is any of us can be a hero. Although someone who shows great bravery is everyone’s typical idea of a hero, a true hero is just someone who is genially a good…

The subject on the assigned essay is, “How do you define a hero?” Well that is easy. One could just run to a bookshelf, pull a dictionary and state, “A hero is a person admired or idealized for courage, outstanding achievements, or noble qualities.” Or perhaps one would define a hero as someone who has superpowers and flies around saving people. Even one of my favorite bands, Nickelback, makes a hero out to be a man constantly looking out for the innocent waiting to save them and then flying…

Kyle Maynard, born with no arms or legs, persevered to become second in the state wrestling competition and the first amputee without any prosthetic limbs to climb Mount Kilimanjaro. This book, No Excuses, by Kyle Maynard is an autobiography of the fighter, who believed he could be equal to everyone else and strived to be. Kyle Maynard was born on March 24, 1986, in Georgia with a disease called congenital amputation. This disease causes birth without certain limbs but rarely caused children to…

Being Extraordinary Willie Burton is an extraordinary and an inspirational person. Willie faces cerebral palsy where he stutters when he talks. His lower body is numb and isn’t able to walk. Willie is inspirational because he faced a congenital disorder of movement, and posture which cannot be cured, treatment may help, but that didn't stop him from what he loves doing which is wrestling. Even though Willie wasn’t the best, he kept pushing and didn't let cerebral palsy get in his way and gave…

What Does It Take to Be a Hero? Heroes are often portrayed as crime fighters or saviors. However, anyone who shows courage, selflessness, and virtues qualifies for the hero archetype. Steven Spielberg’s 1982 film E.T. the Extra Terrestrial narrates the Taylor family's efforts to illegally house an alien long enough to escort E.T. to it’s mothership for a return to the species planet without seeking attention from scientists or police. The main character and protagonist Elliott Taylor relates to…

Legend of the “Hanging Judge” While in search of a piece of Arkansas history I came across a familiar name when research brought me to Judge Isaac Parker. Remembered today as the “Hanging Judge”, Isaac C. Parker had an impressive thirty-five year career in public service. He became a frontier attorney, later served as a city attorney, state judge, a two year term representative to Congress, and his most notable legacy as a federal district judge in Fort Smith, Arkansas for twenty-one years.…

Somehow I find pure joy in watching two men or women display their superior ass kicking skills on one another. So much so that I endure movies with painfully corny and cliché story lines, all to watch Keanu Reeves in a well tailored suit show off his impressive mixed martial art abilities and military grade handling of assault rifles (John Wick). What the movie lacks in its plot more than graciously substitutes in for its incredibly stylish persona of John Wick, as well as a more than healthy…