Heroes – Robert Cormier Key Quotations Chapter 1 – page 1 “My name is Francis Joseph Cassavant and I have just returned to Frenchtown in Monument and the war is over and I have no face.” Establishes the setting Introduces narrator in first person Surprising statement creates mystery Chapter 1 – page 1 “Oh‚ I have eyes… but no ears to speak of‚ just bits of dangling flesh. But that’s fine‚ like Dr Abrams says… He was joking‚ of course.” Conversational style of address Creates
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Local Heroes In the short story "local Heroes" by Scott Westcott informs readers about how Brad Ray and his family saved the life of the owner of Kathy’s Korner restaurant in a horrific car accident. Due to their brave actions‚ Brad and his family received certificates of heroism and recognition from the city of Fostoria and the wood country sheriff department. The story begins with Brad and his children going to pick up their mom from work. As they made a sharp turn around a curve
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person who makes sacrifices for others‚ makes good decisions‚ and is honest in everything they do. They stand their ground in the face of danger and never back away from a challenge. Ponyboy‚ Cherry‚ and Darry are all heroes‚ because they put themselves in danger for the sake of others. Heroes come in any size‚ shape‚ or form. Ponyboy is a heroic fourteen-year old boy who knows what’s right and whats wrong. He saved the kids from the burning church that he might have started with his lit cigarette.
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Hamlet and Oedipus as Tragic Heroes The term “tragic hero” is usually defined by one of the most important characters throughout a Greek or Roman play. Both plays Hamlet and Oedipus are both tragedies‚ because they display a conflict between the protagonist and a superior force which is their destiny. Having a distressed or catastrophic conclusion that leads to pity or terror. A tragic hero always acts exactly on his or her own emotions; thus aiding their tragic flaw and leading to their own demise
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offer his body to be burned just to become a hero. Touching lives and making a big difference is enough. Such are teachers. Teachers are our modern day yet unsung heroes. They are surrogate parents‚ molders of young minds‚ and the epitome of integrity. The school is our second home and within the portals of this institution are unsung heroes who spend their time‚ effort‚ and even money to make our educational journey worthwhile. Our teachers‚ like real moms and dads‚ shower us with love and understanding
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Myths And Heroes in A Lesson Before Dying A Lesson Before Dying During the time of the Enlightenment Period‚ a major issue mentioned by philosophers was that every man is born with natural rights. A hero is someone that does something that no other man can do; he does things for others‚ and is willing to face reality and any thing else that stands in the way. In the novel A Lesson Before Dying the author Ernest J. Gaines shows how a black man had to fight to have these
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Nicole Panzullo English 50 March 21‚ 2006 Second Draft of Paper #2 In "The Thematic Paradigm"‚ Robert Ray explains how there are two distinctly different heroes‚ the outlaw hero and the official hero. The official hero embraces common values and traditional beliefs‚ while the outlaw has a clear sense of right and wrong but operates above the law (Ray). Ray explains how the role of an outlaw hero has many traits. "The attractiveness of the outlaw hero’s childishness and propensity to whims
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who has super strength and flies? Not all us can live by‚ and relate to complete fiction. Traditional heroes have never quite served the same purpose as the outlaw hero has. Everybody can appreciate a little realism‚ which is why society is more psychologically attracted to the outlaw hero. The outlaw‚ or flawed hero‚ has a certain persona in which appeals to everyone. In other words‚ outlaw heroes are a movie’s way of projecting imperfection as a quality. Imagine if your rough edges in life‚ all your
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Imagine hearing of a faraway land in turmoil due to a terrible creature. This is the case for Beowulf in Beowulf a New Telling by Robert Nye‚ Hrothgar a king in the land of danes builds a great hall called hall Herot but soon after a monster known as Grendal angered by the light and happiness of the hall begins to attack the people in the hall at night. News of the attacks spread to the land of Geads where a young man named Beowulf decides to go to the land of Danes and defeat Grendal. A hero is
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danger. Nowadays we use and misuse some words like the word "hero". It has been so used and misused that it has become more or less meaningless. It used to be a great word‚ while today it is being used to speak about every soldier or civil servant ... It has lost its meaning and it has lost its purpose; everyday heroes are firefighters‚ cops‚ first responders. They are Dads and Moms‚ soccer players and singers. Everybody can be called a hero and that will be the subject of my presentation. First
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