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    To be a patriotic hero is to be willing to kill anything and anyone that gets in the way of making the U.S a safer country to live in; that means killing innocent children. To be a humane hero is to not believe in killing innocent children‚ or in general people to save others. It all comes down whether you want to be the hero soldier or the society hero. At the end‚ one will be a murderer and the other the heroic saint. Let’s say that the soldier did fire the drone and bombed the kids. Thousands

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    Odysseus The Hero

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    A hero in definition according to the merriam webster dictionary is: a mythological or legnedary figure often of divine descent endowed with great stenth or ability. To most‚ and almost all‚ this would ring true about king odysseus. He was a traveler and conquerer with a great passion‚ an illustrious warrior. Admired greatly for his achievements and strength. In ancient greece‚ they believed the gods favored men like odysseus‚ the heros. One way Odysseus shows he is (NOT in my view) in fact a

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    Book Talk Written Portion on the Lost Hero Plot As the book opens‚ Jason awakens on a school bus‚ unable to remember who or where he is‚ or anything about his past. He is sitting next to Piper McLean and Leo Valdez‚ who call him by name and say they are his girlfriend and best friend respectively. All three are part of a class field trip to the Grand Canyon‚ and after they arrive‚ a classmate Dylan turns into a Venti (Storm Spirit) and attacks the trio and their trip leader‚ Coach Gleeson Hedge

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    Dally is a hero because he looked after his friends when they needed him. In a way‚ all of the Greasers are pioneers in their individual ways‚ but some more than others. People are also heroes for different reasons. To some people it might be if someone does something courageous‚ for another person they might think that it is standing up for what they believe in‚ or even someone who stands up for their friends and will stick by them no matter what. All three of these views of what a hero is defined

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    out in society as people who make a difference. Certainly‚ we have all heard of at least one‚ for they are simply referred to as “heroes.” But what makes an individual a hero? What are the qualities that make a hero? Many things have been taken into account‚ and there have been many definitions‚ from dictionaries‚ to the extended definitions‚ and finally to our military’s definition of what it truly means to be a real hero. Webster’s dictionary defines a hero as an illustrious warrior; or

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    The term Byronic hero originated from the life and writings of Lord Byron of the early 1800s. A Byronic hero is defined as a person as perfect as a hero but flawed like a human. Edward Rochester‚ a Byronic hero‚ is capable of loving an outspoken feminist like Jane Eyre‚ because Rochester’s imperfect attributes make the two equal. Rochester imperfections that make him a Byronic hero primarily revolves around his troubled past‚ outcast like personality‚ and complexity as a character. It is Rochester’s

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    Santiago Hero

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    Santiago Heroic? What is a hero? A hero is defined as‚ “a person who is admired or idealized” (Google). When thinking of the word “hero” mostly to everyone‚ a superhero comes to mind. Not all heroes are superheros. To me‚ a hero is someone who is courageous and never gives up no matter the circumstances. Speaking of someone heroic‚ Santiago is an old fisherman in The Old Man and The Sea written by Ernest Hemingway. Although Hemingway did not exactly state that Santiago is a hero‚ he displays that

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    Paris in Not a Hero

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    Paris is Not a Hero In Eth Clifford’s Greek myth "Paris and the Golden Apple"‚ the character of Paris does not demonstrate the qualities of a hero. A hero is someone that shows loyalty‚ respect and is very courageous. In this Greek myth‚ Paris does not represent a hero when he does not show his love for Oenone when he gratefully leaves her to go seek out the most beautiful woman in all the world. Once Paris gives Aphrodite the golden apple claiming her to be the most beautiful among the three‚

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    Hero Essay

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    Hero Essay Does one have a hero? I do. Mine isn’t found in the comic section of the newspaper‚ he is found at home. Who could this hero be? It’s my dad‚ Todd Gladysiewski. I think my dad should be placed in the hero hall of fame. He is my hero because he works hard‚ is a family man‚ and has saved someone. First‚ heroes are diligent workers and they are hard to find. My dad is a very hard worker. He has worked his whole life to get where he is now. For many years my dad has been the sole provider

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    this idea in the novel A Lesson Before Dying in which a young black man‚ Jefferson‚ is sentenced to trial and execution for what can be considered a “wrong place and wrong time” incident. Grant‚ who is an educator in the community‚ plays the role of a cynic and buffer between Jefferson and the rest of the community. He begins this novel as a somewhat worn out empty husk of what his full potential can fully allow. In a society that is dominated by white people in a post slavery pro-racist world very

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