A hero is someone who is known for his or her outstanding achievements‚ challenges‚ and courage (Oxford Dictionary). According to (Dictionary Reference)‚ a hero is a person who consummated an intrepid act and deemed as a model or ideal‚ example: risking their own life or saving someone’s life. There are numbers of synonyms of hero such as: “champion”‚ “idol”‚ and “conqueror”. Antonyms such as: “afraid”‚ “weak”‚ and “timid”. To me‚ a hero is an individual who showed practices and choices that are
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for finding land that already had people living on it and claiming it for Spain. Some people look at Columbus as a hero and the founder of America. Others look at him a different way‚ more like a villain for the terrible things he did to the native Americans and how he took credit for something he never discovered. Columbus is not worthy of his honor and shouldn’t be looked at as a hero because of the things he did and because he was a liar. Columbus established many things while he was trying to
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Why is Antigone the tragic hero of the story? Antigone is the tragic hero because she chooses to bury her brother Polynices‚ even though Ceon her uncle prohibited anyone to touch his corpse and to let it decay. This shows that Antigone has a lot of loyalty towards her family and her brother. Ceon wanted Polynices to have the least honorable death‚ this is because Polynices was against Ceon and the Plebs‚ so Ceon wanted to give Eteocles a honorable burial because Eteocles was on fighting for the Plebs
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he was the perfect ideal hero. He was destined and sent down from The Gods to protect and serve. As he is serving or fought in a war he understood if he dies in battle‚ he knew it was just fate. Beowulf was
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Emma Showalter introducing facts about Walt Disney. Walt Disney is a hero because of his success‚ determination‚ and respect. The next few paragraphs will show you why. But first are some fast facts.Walt was born in Chicago on December 5 1901. He grew up on a farm. He was the 4th of 5 children. Has won 22 academy awards during his life. He was renamed Walter Elias. He was an entrepreneur. Walt sadly passed on December 15‚ 1966 from lung cancer. One trait that describes him is the respect he has/he
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Audie Murphy Audie Murphy was the most decorated warrior in American history. He is my hero from the fact of how heroic his actions were in almost every battle and how he lost his best friend from a group of Germans fake surrendering and then killing him responding. He was born on June‚20.1925 in Texas. His early life was mainly just farming and hunting he had explosive mood swings and a bad temper. He joined the service in 1942 after normal boot camp he went to advanced rifle training.His first
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Amelia earhart is my hero because she was the first woman to fly solo across the atlantic ocean on an airplane. Amelia mary earhart was born on July 24‚ 1897 in Atchison‚ KS. She grow up with her sister Grace Muriel Earhart which was born 1899 and her parents Amy and Edwin earhart. Until she was twelve years old she lived with her wealthy grandparents alfred and amelia Harris otis‚ in Atchison‚ Kansas where she attended a private school. In 1909 she went to live with her parents in Des Moines‚ Iowa
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that the only thing that is really important right now though‚ is my transformation from a girl to an Atlas Moth superhero. Well to start off‚ I will tell you about my parents‚ just to get the whole effect. My father is Killer Moth. Yes‚ Killer Moth the super villain. Before you ask me how all of these absurd things possibly happened‚ I’ll tell you about my mother‚ Atti Attacus. Her original name is Attalin Loney‚ and this is why: Atti’s father was a crazy scientist who wanted to prove strange theories
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Hero A hero is defined as many things. While many people consider heroes to be larger than life figured‚ Christopher Reeves says that‚ "A hero is an ordinary person‚ who preserves‚ and endures despite overwhelming challenges". This quote analyzes an unconventional definition of a hero from Christopher Reeve’s point of view. What truly makes a hero is the courage to say that‚ it is not one‚ which is the hero it is someone else. Someone else that fought
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Here are some reasons why William Shakespeare was a hero. William Shakespeare was an inspiration to us all. He inspired people to write what they feel. William wrote a lot of great plays. What we mean by that is‚he never gave up when he was writing even when people put him down. He believed that once you succeed in life‚then you will be able to accomplish anything. He also acted in some plays. William Shakespeare was born on April 1546.He died on April 23‚1616. Scientist think that William Shakespeare’s
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