Johnny Do you know what a hero is? A hero to me is someone who has courage to stand up against things and that risks his own life for something small. They are also outstanding achievements. “Y’all were heroes from the beginning.” (Hinton‚107) I believe that someone in the book “The Outsiders” named Johnny is a hero. He is because he saved Ponyboy‚ he saved all the kids from the church that caught on fire‚ and he gave Dally something to live for. Ponyboy and Johnny fell asleep in the park and
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To be a tragic hero‚ the heroes must be inherently good people who have good intentions. In addition to their changes in fortune‚ tragic heroes must‚ in the end‚ recognize their own responsibility for their behavior and accept their fate with dignity. In Sophocles‚ Antigone there are two types of tragic heroes a traditional tragic hero and a sophoclean tragic hero. Traditional Greek tragic heroes have four main qualities: Arete‚ a type of excellence‚ Hubris‚ an excessive degree of pride‚ Ate‚ imprudence
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The Journey Continuous Writing Essay We were quite a pair‚ silently waiting on the dusty train platform in the late afternoon. Clutching our rolling suitcases‚ we were unable to speak over the loud screeches and hisses of trains in Penn Station. There he was‚ my eighty year old grandfather with his massive shock of silvery hair and bushy eyebrows. Dressed in a plaid flannel shirt‚ which he insisted on wearing with suspenders‚ he was a unique sight in the middle of New York City. And there I was
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Was Tom Powers a villain or a hero? Well it depends on who you might ask. From the outside point of view‚ you might see Tom as someone who is not so nice morally. He is rude to others‚ he grew up a thief‚ and did not seem like he was very pleasant. But if you were to ask this question to his best friend‚ he would probably say he really is a nice guy‚ just different‚ and is trying to make a living during the prohibition era. Tom also cares about his family. He does not get along with his brother very
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Essay Is it true that it is “The Journey‚ Not The Arrival That Matters” ?‚ In texts such as I Am David - directed by Paul Feig‚ The Road Not Taken - composed by Robert Frost‚ and The Ivory Trail – composed by Victor Kelleher. In each of the texts‚ the protagonist/persona learns a great deal about life throughout their respective journeys‚ more so than the eventual arrival. In the film I Am David‚ I believe that his journey was much more important than his arrival in Denmark. In order for David
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When you think of a superhero one normally thinks of Spiderman‚ Batman‚ or Superman‚ but there were superheroes long before these characters were created. First one must understand that the basis of this name is hero. What is a hero? A hero is a person who does something special or out of the ordinary in order to help others. And what have these "superheroes" done for us? They have played a very important role in American history since the 1930’s. It all began when two Jewish teenagers‚ Jerry Siegal
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A true hero does not fear death but instead risks all that he is for what he believes to be right‚ moral‚ and just. Revered by many‚ Beowulf is considered to be one of the most renowned Anglo-Saxon poems of all time. Beowulf faces death defying feats that no ordinary man would be able to complete‚ thus earning the hero status. Beowulf encountered many battles‚ where he selflessly put his own life on the line to stop evil from tormenting the people of the Danes. He traveled across the sea‚ killing
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In the years before and the first months of the year 1994‚ the Hutus and Tutsis stood as enemies but lived in peace in their own share of Rwanda‚ but little did the Tutsis know about what the Hutus were planning in the short years before. Malika‚ an eighteen year old Tutsi girl‚ walked around in her house on the quiet‚ sunny morning of April 6th‚ 1994‚ helping her parents get the house ready for a visit from her aunt and uncle. That night‚ after welcoming them and chatting away‚ as Malika was getting
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Area of Study Essay- Journeys The Oxford Dictionary defines Journey as “an act of travelling from one place to another”; this could‚ of course‚ be taken literally. Instead‚ why not think of “places” as emotional or mental situations? So you take a journey between different emotional states. “The journey‚ not the arrival‚ matters.” This statement is correct for all four texts I will be discussing. The journey is more important than the arrival because it is the journey that makes people who they
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In 1949 Joseph Campbell created a theory in literature and movies abroad which he named‚ the Hero’s Journey. This was a pattern Campbell saw that most plots followed. The pattern consisted of the main protagonist originally living in the ordinary world‚ going into the abyss‚ experiencing rebirth and transformation‚ eventually returning to their normal world. You can see the stages of the ordinary world‚ the call to adventure‚ and the trials all in the movie The Dark Knight. In the beginning
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