What makes a hero? A hero has to be someone who has done something to go above or beyond the normal range of achievement. In the book‚ The Odyssey‚ written by Homer‚ the main character‚ Odysseus‚ had won the Trojan war and had a long journey back home. In the beginning of the journey‚ he has a few ships and a bunch of crew members with him. His goal was to make it back to his homeland of Ithaca to see his wife and son again. However‚ this journey took much longer than expected because of Odysseus’
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life‚ her life halted after death of her father. Miss Emily found love in a guy named Homer Barron‚ who came as a contractor for paving the sidewalks in town. Miss Emily was seen in buggy on Sunday afternoons with Homer Barron. The whole town thought they would get married. One could know this by the sentences in the story "She will marry him‚" "She will persuade him yet‚" (Charter 173). On the contrary side‚ Homer Barron‚ although ironically Patel 2 Emily’s only love was the exact opposite of
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after Title IX all students were allowed to get scholarships that the schools offer (Chadband). Only men were allowed to get scholarships because humans thought that women were too fragile to play‚ but now they can play any sport that men can play (Winslow). Before Title IX was in place the women did not have a chance to get a scholarship for something that they
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is never coming home “In suffering for that man; / for me in relentless‚ heartbreaking grief for him‚ / lost and gone so long now-dead or alive‚ who knows?(Homer 4. 121-126). This is showing that Odysseus is not a good leader because he left a kingdom who needs a king‚ without one. Odysseus has been gone at the Trojan War for 10 years (Homer 9. 259-253). Therefore it takes 10 years just to travel home. Odysseus travels many places in which are necessary and unnecessary to go to. If Odysseus didn’t
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(Burduck). The author reveals Miss Emily was repressed by her father and made to stand by his side as he denied all would be suitors. When she finally meets Homer Barron she becomes even more the subject of gossip by the townspeople for her disgraceful affair in the small white community. As the affair unfolds there are hints of homosexuality in Homer Barron leading the reader to wonder how this will end as the narrator spins the story to a different time. The symbolism is strong throughout the written
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during their experiences. Both Ellie and Homer have changed dramatically during the novel. We see the change in the character of Homer. At the beginning of the novel we learn about Homer’s behaviour at school. He was an irresponsible‚ troubled teen who enjoyed being the class clown. Ellie says “He was wild and outrageous. He didn’t care what he did or what anyone thought…” Homer always seemed to be in trouble. Halfway through the novel we start to see Homer changing into the leader of the group
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before the narrator writes. Surely memory and imagination have helped to embellish the stories swept forward by curiosity and "affection." Because everything this narrator says is suspect‚ we are denied the luxury of knowing that Homer Barron is or was anything. In fact‚ if Homer is gay and if the narrator knows it‚ why does he (the narrator) bother to hint around rather than simply come out with it? He cannot say because he does not know and because he wants the reader to join "us"--"our whole town
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the animated sitcom The Simpsons has delivered countless laughs to the families of Americans. The show delves into the lives of a dysfunctional middle-class family in a bizarre community called Springfield. The Simpson family consists of a father‚ Homer‚ a mother‚ Marge‚ and three children‚ Bart‚ Lisa‚ and Maggie. The lives of this family take very unusual paths‚ however their personalities and actions deeply resemble that of a typical American family. With an obese alcoholic father‚ an anxious stay-at
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In “A Rose for Emily‚” William Faulkner utilizes multiple characters to portray different spiritual beings. The three main characters are Miss Emily‚ Tobe‚ and Homer Barron‚ and they are constantly scrutinized by the community. Emily’s house is described as having a “stubborn and coquettish decay‚” meaning it as a peculiar aspect of fascination to others (253). In this way‚ it is similar to God’s house (heaven) in that the people are strangely attracted to it. Additionally‚ Tobe constantly tends
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boy’s journey. Homer Hickam is an adolescent boy whose life has been predetermined by his father‚ a foreman at the coalmine‚ to work down in the mines but he has a different plan for his life. In October 1957‚ everything changes when the first artificial satellite‚ Sputnik goes into orbit. After he sees the satellite flying across the night’s sky‚ Homer becomes inspired to learn how to build rockets. With his friends‚ who also are destined for the mines‚ and the local nerd‚ Homer sets to do just
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