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    Paul Walker Heroism

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    “When you put good will out there it’s amazing what can be accomplished” (Paul Walker).” Most people think a hero is a person who will assist you through your bad times. Also the hero is helpful and will protect you through the bad times. Heroism is a person who helps you a hero puts him/her person first. The Hero is not selfish a hero is helpful. Most people think this hero are helpful and not selfish. They are Martin Luther King Jr‚ Cesar Chaves‚ Mother Teresa‚ Fire Fighter and Paul Walker.

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    8th Grade Language Arts Heroism Essay Assignment Due October 9‚ 2009 Your assignment is to write a multi-paragraph essay that defines your concept of heroism. You will use various strategies of definition (definition by function‚ example‚ and negation) to explain your unique opinion on the concept. Steps Prewriting/Planning 1. Revisit your responses to the Essential Question: What defines a hero? You may ask yourself‚ “To what extent or to what degree can a person or an action

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    I think that heroism is great fearless bravery. Bravery is a courageous activity that can sometimes be dangerous and risky. The real definition of a hero is “a person who is admired or idealized for courage‚ outstanding achievements‚ and or noble qualities.” (Google) Throughout this epic there has been many ups and downs and every time they seemed to catch a break something would always go wrong. Odysseus stepped up to the plate and got his men home even if he had to keep a secret about monsters

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    evade death. The Epic of Gilgamesh also addresses the meaning of life and the desire to cheat death while also coming to a considerable outcome with Gilgamesh dealing with the reality of his own mortality. At first Gilgamesh is unstoppable and there was no denying it. He ruled and terrorized over the city of Uruk. He was rude‚ greedy‚ and a neglectful king. Gilgamesh never sought out what was the best interests for his subjects instead he only worried

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    Enkidu is a brave and fearless man that most people end up admiring including Gilgamesh. They both realize that they are not alone and that’s why‚ in my opinion‚ they become so close. I don’t think they have neither a homosexual relationship nor anything far beyond than friendship because people didn’t have the same mentality before as they do now. With research I’ve found that men were more intimate with one another than now days. Actions that can now be interpreted as homosexual activity were just

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    A Critical Appraisal of: Beowulf and Gilgamesh There are many differences and critical comparisons that can be drawn between the epics of Beowulf and Gilgamesh. Both are historical poems which shape their respected culture and both have major social‚ cultural‚ and political impacts on the development of western civilization literature and writing. Before any analysis is made‚ it is vital that some kind of a foundation be established so that a further‚ in-depth exploration of the complex nature

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    fully they knew of The strength of my body. Beowulf is known for his strength and was called upon for help with the battle against Grendel‚ we even find out later that Beowulf’s men respect him so much they risks their lives for him. When reading Heroism by Emerson‚ he says a hero courageously takes the challenge of fighting to destroy all evil‚

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    Foster presents the themes of "The Epic of Gilgamesh" as a model of what  human knowledge and experience really is. He suggests that sex is a requisite for becoming human‚ which is to be succeeded by the idea of love and unity with another human being (not necessarily in a sexual sense). However‚ Foster explicitly includes the notion that these unifications are as mortal as human beings themselves‚ and are ultimately "doomed to disintegrate". Through this deterioration of a human relationship‚ Foster

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    Odysseus vs. Gilgamesh

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    The epic poems The Odyssey‚ written by Homer‚ and Gilgamesh‚ translated by David Ferry‚ feature the struggles and triumphs of two epic heroes‚ Odysseus and Gilgamesh. Epic heroes exemplify six common traits. They are all strong fighters‚ complete with physical beauty and intimidation. The epic hero is dangerous yet protects ordinary people. There is always an encounter with death and the cosmos. They are superhuman‚ but they are not supernatural‚ although they come in contact with the supernatural

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    characters; Gilgamesh and Enkidu from Epic of Gilgamesh‚ and Achilles and Patroclus from The Odysseys have similar things. Achilles and Gilgamesh have some very basic similarities of their positions in life. Each is the son of a goddess and amoral man‚ a king‚ who happens to be far away from the action in the epic. Gilgamesh is described as two-thirds god and one-third human‚ which makes him as a special character that exists in two worlds‚ which is the divine world and the mortal world (Gilgamesh 1.145)

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