Was Andrew Carnegie a Hero? Andrew Carnegie‚ the ambitious and skilled king of steel during the late 1800s‚ was the most famous man in business of his time. He certainly had his many flaws and as the most famous American of those days‚ his faults were highly talked about. Carnegie was not perfect and made his share of choices that many people saw as misdeeds‚ but that is like how everyone in the world is. Carnegie was a hero of his day because he showed the characteristics of being capable‚ responsible
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Dystopian Heroes A dystopian society mainly asks one question and that is‚ “What if?” Typically‚ their government‚ beliefs‚ and way of life are different from what we would find normal. All the literary works demonstrate a society unlike ours including: To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee‚ Brave New World by Aldous Huxley‚ “The Lottery” by Shirley Jackson‚ “Harrison Bergeron” by Harrison Vonnegut‚ “The Pedestrian” by Ray Bradbury‚ Anthem by Ayn Rand‚ 1984 by George Orwell‚ and Life As We Knew It
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strength and/or courage‚ making them heroes as they are able to accomplish the impossible. This is makes them seem undefeatable‚ making them the protagonists. However‚ the flaw that they possess is they still die one way or another. The antagonists Grendel and his mother (of Beowulf)‚ Hector of Troy (from the Iliad) and Ravana the demon (of Ramayana) also share traits. An example is that‚ apart from Hector‚ they aren’t fully human‚ as they not only use weapons like heroes but they also might even use
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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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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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become accustomed with what they believe a hero should be but as each generation passes‚ this thought has shifted. Whether an immortal God with superhuman abilities or an average person who is giving everything they have to defend his or her people‚ heroes will rise when needed. The stories of Beowulf‚ Achilles‚ and Aeneas provide the reader with an example of what society of that time viewed a hero as and how they can compare with one another. Homer’s Iliad shows the reader whom ancient society believed
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John D Rockefeller‚ founder of standard oil was a captain of industry‚ he was led to the path of efficiency through his mother and father when he was younger; this helped him grow into one of the biggest companies of the time. He soon started Standard Oil and became a billionaire. Despite the robber barren ways he got to the top‚ he got there and set a way for American corporations of the future. His father started him on the road to business‚ when John D Rockefeller was seven his father loaned
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J.P Morgan J.P Morgan John Pierpont Morgan was born on the 17 April 1837 in Hartford Connecticut. He is one of America’s most famous businessman and his business and legacy still live on today. At the peak of his time he was worth 25 billion modern us dollars. J.P was born into a rich family as his millionaire father Junius made his fortune by investing other people’s money in stocks. His father taught him how to avoid risk at a young age by making handle a million dollars. Early life
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economic power by its ability to buy out competitors and close down refineries and on a deeper level it provided stability in the prices of oil and also produced a consistent product that people could rely upon for safety reasons as competitor products were unreliable and often mistrusted. From a technological power stance Standard Oil heavily influenced the transportation rates to tip them in the company’s favor and further pressure competitors to spend more money for the same service. Cultural power
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Agree: An extremely healthy man who rarely consumed fast food‚ conducted a month-long experiment of eating nothing but Mc. Donalds. Morgan made sure to have a steady goal of only walking 5‚000 feet a day. He also made sure to only eat what Mc. Donalds offered‚ everything off the menu‚ and supersized the meals only when asked but the worker. In only 17 days Morgan ended up with a fatty liver and gained approximately 17 pounds. On the terms of heath‚ a person should only gain and lose one to two pounds
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