Compare And Contrast Achilles And Lance Armstrong

Lance Armstrong used to be one of the most famous athletes for all the times he won the Tour de France. Yet, today he might still be famous but not for his achievements; instead he is famous for doping. Doping changed everyone's perspective on him. Achilles has a similar personality: Agressive, doing anything he can to avenge Patrouclus. Both Lance Armstrong and Achilles have similar personality but they show it in different ways.
Both Lance Armstrong and Achilles demonstrate an aggressive personality when they are competing. Lance Armstrong shows aggression when he races and Achilles when he fights. To show this, Lance Armstrong “excelled in football, swimming and running” and by 21 he was cycling for the US Olympic team. Then he went to go and race in the Tour de France and this race is so competitive because it “lasts for three weeks and covers more than 2,000 miles” some of it's also in rocky mountain terrain. This shows he was competitive because he went to the Olympics, won the Tour de France 7 times and survived cancer. Achilles also demonstrates an aggressive personality but in fighting not racing. For instance, Achilles won’t “Run from the fight while
Achilles shows an aggressive personalty one close to Lance Armstrong. However, Achilles shows his aggressiveness through bravery unlike Lance Armstrong’s. To demonstrate this, Achilles is bedding and he still fights with Agamenemon “ ...for it was not in his arm he could receive his death wound. And they drew their sorwds and they flew together.” This proves Achilles is brave since he is wounded but he keeps fighting instead of stepping back into the shadows so he can heal. To prove this again, Achilles asked Partroclus to “take my armor and my horses”. This shows Achilles is brave since he let his friend take everything that he uses in battle. So he is defenseless. All this shows Achilles is brave which brings out an aggressive