Joe Paterno Research Paper

In the article “Joe Paterno's fall from from grace

has oedipus-like storyline.” the writer chris cox

claims that the story of penn state university’s

coach Joe Paterno is a modern definition of a

tragic hero and i agree that Joe paterno goes through things a tragic hero would but lacks a hero's “tragic flaw” .With attention to the line “after the jerry sandusky scandal an empire of 46 years in the making to crumble”. Granted the evidence shown paterno had built up his career and was on the top but was brought down to the bottom with a scand.equally important cox states “it has been sad watching paterno salvage what remains of his reputation at the same time he was literally fighting for his life from lung cancer.” Its is important
to realize that Joe Paterno was battling lung cancer, the fall of his career, and a molestation scandal he had it all but to much had happened in his life at one time putting too much weight on his back, crushing his career and ending his life. Generally speaking Joe Paterno was living a successful life and was the #1 coach but all the bad things that happened near the end of his life reassemble the rise and fall of a tragic hero