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    The Importance of Heroes Have you ever thought about your life without someone to look up to or someone to help you through your pursuit of life? Would society be the same without the people who shape it? Heroes are meant to help us and support us as we go through life. There are a number of ways in which a hero may be portrayed. A hero is helpful‚ supportive‚ brave‚ dedicated‚ and determined. They guide us through “mazes” and they guide us through our experiences. Heroes are important to

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    Heroes in Waiting

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    the idea of “Heroes in Waiting”‚ we need to understand what does it mean. So what is Heroes in Waitind? It’s an idea Dr. Zimbardo is now actively promoting‚ with the development of the Heroic Imagination Project. Dedicated to creating ‘a global movement of everyday heroism. What it takes to be a hero? His latest endeavor involves fostering heroic imagination. He has noted that heroes are never going to follow to group norms and highlights the two core principles of heroism: 1. Heroes act when others

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    Andrew Carnegie was a “prime representative of the industrial age.” Although he exhibited atypical attributes‚ he was more of a typical leader of the time period. He was able to become one of the world’s richest men because of how he produced steel. His mind set and thinking enabled him to be labeled one of a small group of prime representatives of the Industrial Revolution. Others would like to disagree because they believed him to be a selfish and cruel man that only cared for his business and

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    Was Andrew Carnegie a Hero? Would you want to work long hours in a factory for little pay? No? I didn’t think so. This is just one of the many reasons that many people considered Andrew Carnegie to not only be a robber baron‚ but also a villain. Two-faced‚ hypocritical‚ uncaring; these were just some of the words that were used to describe Carnegie. Andrew Carnegie was not a hero because of his money consciousness‚ poor treatment to workers‚ and his robber-baron tactics. Andrew

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    Heroes Essay

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    HEROES ESSAY What is a hero? To you‚ the reader‚ I submit this question so that you may form your own opinion. What is a hero and what qualifications make he or she worthy of the title? The reply you have formulated in your mind has probably come to you rapidly and with alacrity‚ so much that you may deem even asking such a simple question to be not only a waste of the time it took me to ask it‚ but also the time it took you to consider it. Did you think of some virtuous individual who rescues people

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    When you hear “Hero” what do you think of? Superman‚ an army soldier… What about Adolf Hitler? Many people have heroes that they look up to‚ whether they be fictional or real. Others‚ however‚ may see these heroes as villains‚ and hate them. When you hear people talking about Hitler‚ you likely think of the Holocaust‚ leading to Hitler being thought of as a villain. Going more indepth with the thought of Hitler‚ he‚ believe it or not‚ was honored as a hero of Germany‚ and was idolized before the

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    Everyday Heroes

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    As kids‚ our heroes were Captain America‚ Superman‚ Spiderman‚ Wonder Women or any Marvel superhero. We would look up to them everyday and say‚ I want to be just like them. On Halloween you would see kids walking around saying they were the hero from the cape they were wearing and they could fly. As we get older‚ we learn those heroes just exist in movies and so our sense of a hero changes. You hear stories all over the news about people stepping out and helping strangers they have never met a

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    Heroes In The Outsiders

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    Some might say that heroes need a cool suit and have to be like “Spider-Man.” They might say that they have to be born with powers. In reality a hero helps many people in need and always cares for others. In the novel‚ “The Outsiders‚” by S.E Hinton there is one particular character that is a hero not just because he is brave‚ but because he never gave up. The people that are heros are Dally‚ Ponyboy‚ and Darry. Ponyboy is a hero because he shows courage during the time the church was on fire. He

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    "The more successful the villain‚ the more successful the picture."- Alfred Hitchcock. In the world of film and literature‚ villains have been used to show the opposite of the hero. Where the hero is strong and makes honorable decisions‚ the villain is usually self-centered and uses evil to damage the lives of others for his own purposes. Villains sometimes fill others with fear‚ anger and occasional sadness. In general‚ every great tale of a hero also has a villain that readers love to hate. In

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    A Heroes Journey

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    “A Heroes Journey” “A hero is a ordinary individual who finds the strength to persevere and endure in spite of overwhelming obstacles” Quoted by Christopher reeves. Christopher reeves was a famous actor but after his near-fatal horse riding accident on a cross-country course he could never go back into that business since 1995. “ To kill a mockingbird ” by harper lee. Atticus finch is a significant character in Harper Lee’s to kill a mockingbird because he is an idol in the eyes of his

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