What is your definition of a hero? It is definitely not a man with supernatural powers that can fly or have unhuman super strength. Many believe this is the case‚ but the definition is definitely the opposite of this one. A hero would be someone who has courage and has risked or sacrificed his life for others to achieve greatness. A hero to others is a person that has discovered or achieved something outstanding. A hero was a leader who not only had physical strength‚ but mental strength as well
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Odysseus is the hero that appears in The Odyssey‚ Homer’s epic about Odysseus’s 10 year struggle to return home after the end of the Trojan War. In this epic‚ Odysseus battles mythical creatures and endures the wrath of the gods. All while being the epic hero of the story. Being the protagonist of this epic‚ Odysseus has many qualities that make him the hero. Odysseus has the standard qualities that make him a hero; strength‚ bravery‚ courage‚ nobility. He is also the embodiment of the standards
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wise and had fighting spirit. Odysseus‚ the main character in Homer’s epic poem was clever brave and a great strategist. Although he has these strengths‚ he has some negative qualities‚ but most of his heroic qualities still hold true today. Odysseus possesses heroic qualities‚ such as bravery‚ wisdom‚ a strategic thinking and honorable. Most of the story in The Odyssey is told by Odysseus‚ so we can say from his narration that he is eloquent. Book 9 shows Odysseus positive and negative qualities
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Name Date Class Period Title INDENT Thanksgiving is a wonderful holiday that only happens once a year. During the month of November‚ many families get together to eat and celebrate what they are thankful for. Thanksgiving always falls on a Thursday and is usually on the 3rd or last week of the month. The holiday has been occurring for several years and is the reason most of us live in America today. INDENT First‚ I want to describe the first Thanksgiving. It was many years ago in the fall
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writing essays and usually do well at it‚ you may be able to skip this. There are other good ways to write an essay that will work just as well and be more interesting to read. But if you have any doubts about your ability to write a good essay and get a good mark‚ learn this pattern and follow it to the letter. It is the fool-proof‚ fail-proof method that you can use right up through English 3201 and possibly beyond (though university profs often require a more complex approach to essay writing
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The Pros And Cons Of Fitting In In the real world today‚ people from every background have faced the reality of social life and where they believe they would thrive the most. Although we think we are always right in any given situation‚ it never really turns out that way and encounters with fitting in and the decisions made to be included in a certain social group acknowledge the fact that sometimes we are wrong. A quote by Rick Warren states‚ “Those who follow the crowd usually get lost in it
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Odysseus: A Hero or a Flawed Hero? The epic poem‚ The Odyssey written by Homer near the end of the 8th century BC‚ focuses on a Grecian hero named Odysseus. Although after the falling of Troy Odysseus embarks upon a long‚ grueling journey home‚ it is through his travels that Homer is able to illustrate him as a hero. A hero is known as‚ “a man of distinguished courage or ability‚ admired for his brave deeds and noble qualities.” (Dictionary.com) Homer’s projection of Odysseus is essentially
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Zinn 5 Paragraph Essay In “A People’s History of the United States‚” by Howard Zinn‚ Zinn states “To emphasize the heroism of Columbus and his successors as navigators and discovers‚ and to deemphasize their genocide‚ is not a technical necessity but an ideological choice. It serves-unwittingly-to justify what was done‚” this quote is true to all extent. True‚ Columbus and his followers founded Central America‚ but they were obviously not the first or the “native” Americans would have not been
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Do you have a hero? I have a hero and that is Odysseus. But who is Odysseus‚ he was a hero in Homers epic and not only that but was also one of the greatest heroes who fought in the Trojan war. Odysseus was a very smart man because he created a plan that would destroy the city of troy so the Trojan war could end. he encountered many different things on his way back home to Ithaca. Where he left his wife for more than 10 years. Odysseus ruled Ithaca so it was very important for him to go back home
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