Should we admire heroes but not celebrities? Plan and write an essay in which you develop your point of view on this issue. Support your position with reasoning and examples taken from your reading‚ studies‚ experience‚ or observations. The term "hero" comes from the ancient Greeks. For them‚ a hero was a mortal who had done something so far beyond the normal scope of human experience that he left an immortal memory behind him when he died‚ and thus received worship like that due the gods
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this Earth there have been the people who we look up to as our heroes and celebrities. In Greek mythology Hercules was the celebrity of the day. In many countries the kings and queens or people of power gained respect and their subjects longed to be just like them. In more recent times‚ movie stars and musicians have become the idols in our lives. Celebrities like Paris Hilton and the Kardashian sisters are but a few examples. This idolisation of celebrities can be positive because it gives young
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� PAGE �2� Running Head: SHOULD WE EXPECT CELEBRITIES TO BE ROLE MODELS? Should we expect celebrities to be role models? � Should we expect celebrities to be role models? _Introduction_ Celebrities before starting their career‚ according to people are just ordinary human beings. Since being the God gifted individuals they make a name for them selves. It may sometime feel that they are in lime light every now and then. But this is what they strive for‚ i.e. is to make a name and earn their
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Carpenter English 111 27 November 2012 The Issue of Celebrity Obsession Often‚ people fail to remember that celebrities are just humans like everyone else. Fans put celebrities on a pedestal‚ idolizing them perhaps realizing it or not realizing it. If a favored celebrity makes a decision‚ children all across America may feel the need to make the same decision‚ regardless if it is morally a good or bad idea.75% of young adults idolize celebrities and consider them role models (Shaw et al. 577). This
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someone in the movie who knows how to fight. All heroes made in the movies know how to fight and they never get hit by the bullet. Then after many years of being tricked‚ I finally found out the truth that most of all my favorite heroes were just celebrities. On the internet‚ Dictionary.com define Hero as a person who‚ in the opinion of others‚ has heroic qualities or has performed a heroic act and is regarded as a model or ideal. It also define Celebrity as a famous or well-known person. A hero is someone
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Should we admire heroes but not celebrities ? Arthur Ashe in Worth Repeating once said ‚ " Heroes have the urge to serve others at whatever cost . So these people can easily acquire respect . Celebrities are other group of people who can be easily known by people . Many people believe celebrities are not as good as heroes ‚ because there are so many different kinds of celebrities and some of them are known for their bad behaviors . In my opinion ‚ those notorious people are not real celebrities
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The film ‘We can be heroes: Australian of the Year’ demonstrates languages people use which show a lot about who they are. Languages can reveal about a person’s gender‚ their educational level and their social status. In this film it gives examples of characters that use their own language to show who they are. For example Daniel Sims‚ Ja’mie King and Ricky Wong all have their own way of speaking and communicating with others. Daniel Sims lives in South Australia with his mother‚ little brothers
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Mrs. Trapp Writing 4-28-13 CELBRITIES GONE WILD As we all heard our favorite actress Reese Witherspoon was arrested in the peach city of Atlanta‚ Georgia. For those who don’t know who she is she stared in the movie “Legally Blonde.” She was the good girl of Holy wood until that night. She used those cocky words “ Do you know who I am”‚ now normally you hear those words in the movie‚ but this is reality. My topic is “ Should celebrities or professional athletes be viewed as role models”. I said
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Why do we need heroes? Every era and every person once recognized one or more outstanding people to be their personal heroes. This merely for the reason that we‚ as common people‚ sometimes feel so insignificant in comparison to the great deeds and grand events that are happening around us. We identify our own heroes when in need of inspiration or strength to achieve something important. We look up to those whom we can connect to our current life choices‚ present challenges or even when we strive
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Should celebrities become political? These days many celebrities are getting involved in politics. A lot od celebrities‚ for example Lady Gaga and others‚ are descussing about politics and expressing their opinion publicly. But should they do that? Of course‚ there are a lot of people who think celebrities should get involved in this kind od problems. It is true that celebrities are big part of our life‚ and they are always on TV. So‚ a lot od people look up to them‚ and more people would get
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