What is a hero? To most people‚ a hero is a strong‚ brave person with an amazing costume. Heroes usually have super powers and are constantly saving people. But it takes many more traits than this to be classified as a hero. Some characteristics of a hero are super natural help‚ leaving on a journey in which the hero proves himself‚ a fatal flaw‚ and they are sometimes honored after death. In The Odyssey by Homer‚ Odysseus shows many traits of a hero. Odysseus faces many obstacles and life threatening
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ran onto the highway after he snuck out of an open door at a community center. This man should be considered a hero. Heroes are all different types of people and aren’t always noticed. People are recognized as heroes when they are unique‚ selfless‚ and strong. I think that a hero should be unique. Heroes stand out from others and are different from everyone else. I think that a hero should stand out from others because it shows people that they shouldn’t be afraid of being different. Heroes should
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fought against racism‚ poverty and homophobia. These important figures in history sometimes go without being as recognized as the great American heroes. These people have fought throughout the injustices of men and have managed to change the history of America.
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Beowulf The Hero “… A fiend out of hell”(Heaney 100). These words describe the monster Grendel‚ who is truly an evil entity. Only an epic hero with strength‚ courage and confidence is able to defeat this mighty foe. This hero’s name is Beowulf. He displays all of these throughout the epic. Beowulf’s first epic hero trait is confidence. Beowulf displays confidence when he talked to Unferth in the great hall Heorot. Beowulf said‚ “…but he will find me different. I will show him how Geats shape
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Unit 4 Assignment “Pollock” Alison Williams The movie “Pollock” staring Ed Harris as Jackson Pollock is a story of how art was affected by an artist. The movie follows the latter years of Pollock’s life as he rises to fame as a painter but also watches him struggle with life. American artist Jackson Pollock was an alcoholic‚ manic-depressant and often an uncontrollable‚ angry and insecure man. However‚ through one woman and when he painted‚ he found a sense of freedom and peace‚ a release
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Allison Fain Bukowski English 4A 19 April‚ 2013 Is Beowulf an epic? An epic hero is a brave and noble character in an epic poem‚ admired for great achievements or affected by grand events. An epic poem‚ “The main character or protagonist is heroically larger then life‚ often the source and subject of legend or a national hero.”(Robert) An epic poem is an old English poem filled with both complex people and tribes‚ supernatural figures of monsters and dragons. Also they can be a mixture
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Paris is Not a Hero In Eth Clifford’s Greek myth "Paris and the Golden Apple"‚ the character of Paris does not demonstrate the qualities of a hero. A hero is someone that shows loyalty‚ respect and is very courageous. In this Greek myth‚ Paris does not represent a hero when he does not show his love for Oenone when he gratefully leaves her to go seek out the most beautiful woman in all the world. Once Paris gives Aphrodite the golden apple claiming her to be the most beautiful among the three‚
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In the eyes of many‚ a hero is the embodiment of good; honest‚ giving‚ and humble. For two criminal teenagers to be considered heroic is strange‚ but for Dally Winston and Johnny Cade‚ sacrificing everything for their closest friends and community is a daily ordeal. Throughout H.E. Hinton’s fiction novel‚ The Outsiders‚ Dally and Johnny are constantly portrayed as dangerous and tough kids involved in illegal activity spouting from their street gang. Although this is true to an extent‚ they are simply
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2013 Are You My Hero? When the word “hero” comes to mind‚ what do you see? A guy in tights with a cape or a person fighting for something they believe in? A hero is someone who is strong and can handle anything thrown at them‚ willing and able and ready at any moment‚ right? Karl Marlantes’s story shows such heroism during the Vietnam War and my mother’s story show’s a more personal heroism. There are heroes all over‚ but let’s start with what it really means to be a hero. A hero is defined as “a
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Richa 29 April 2013 Epic Hero A hero can be delivered to the world in numerous ways. One may be that they do something that represents them as a hero. Another could be that they serve as a role model for millions of people. However way they appear to the public they are a hero. One hero in particular is Oprah Gail Winfrey‚ also known as Oprah Winfrey and “one of the most powerful and wealthy people in show business‚” (bio.). She exemplifies the characteristics of an epic hero because of meeting and
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