ugly the world gets or how stupid it shows me it is, I always have faith [in it].” Both of these quotes both show that anyone could be a hero if they do something to remember and don’t give up even if it doesn’t affect the world it could affect someone’s life. While Gerald is a celebrity you don’t have to be famous to be a hero. Although some others might think a hero is someone who is not only strong
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When our society thinks of what a hero’s like that often think of abnormal humans. One also might imagine a hero as an athlete or celebrity because they envy their success or fame. They are looked up to because the media is a major aspect of our lives,and it formed a distorted image in our minds of what a true hero is. However, in reality a hero is someone who genuinely cares for others, without trying to seek attention or fame. Heroism is the benevolent attitude a person who is concerned for the
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would define the term “hero” as a someone who is “a person who, in the opinion of others, has special achievements, abilities, or personal qualities and is regarded as a role model or ideal” (www.dictionary.com) Although Christians and Greek agree on some characteristics that a hero should have, there is one distinct different: the glorification of God or man. The Greek defined a hero as someone who accomplish extraordinary deeds to glorify himself. Odysseus, the main hero of The Odyssey by Homer
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The ideal hero is a person who personifies specific qualities that are exceedingly beneficial to the community as a whole, preserve their character and repute, and give others a reason to hold them in high esteem. A hero is someone who genuinely has concern for other people, who does not focus on outside appearances, and takes others words and values to heart at the same time being able to supply consideration to others without knowing everything about them. Society as a whole does not value these
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I am a person who believes in staying positive no matter their position. Positivity can change a situation from bad to good very quickly. In my life I have had negative moments, when I first came to America it was hard for me to make friends because I didn’t speak English but I still tried to communicate and make friends I did the positive thing. Dimitar Peshev helped his friend and that lead to him saving 50,000 people he also did the positive thing. That’s why I read about Dimitar Peshev he was
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My favorite constellation has always been Orion, the Great Hunter. Orion always points north, and he has precisely three stars on his belt. Aligned with Orion's belt are two very bright stars, Sirius, and Aldebaran. Orion is also one of the most prominent constellations in the night sky . There are many myths around Orion the mighty hunter, but I chose this one.One of the Roman myths of Orion is that he was a mighty warrior born of Posidon, sea god, and Euryale, a warrior queen. He inherited
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the British. Even though Arnold traded, he should be remembered as a hero to the Americans since he made strategic plans, won battles for the Americans, and fought even when he was passed on for promotions. Benedict Arnold has fought for the Americans for most of his life and has done amazing things as an American soldier. At the beginning of the book, The Notorious Benedict Arnold by Steve Sheinkin, Arnold proves he is a hero in the Battle of Valcour Island by coming up with a brilliant plan to
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the only god that hates Odysseus, Poseidon. Odysseus had to conquer monsters in order to get back to his wife and his son. Therefore this is why I think that in the book The Odyssey, the main character Odysseus was a good hero. One reason why I think that Odysseus was a great hero was because he tried to save everyone he could. “ Odysseus urges his exhausted crew by Thrinacia, the island of the sun god, Helios. But the men insist on landing. Odysseus makes them swear not to touch the god’s cattle”(Homer
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book is a code of laws, or a poem, but in fact it's a story about monsters and demons. The cunning hero Beowulf is the hero that set the stage for multiple heros for a lifetime. Many movies and books in society have had a Beowulf-like character where he attempts to defeat a evil or a villain. A key aspect too a character like beowulf is the trait of loyalty. Loyalty is a very important trait in any hero, because it often takes more than one person to save the world. Wiglafs loyalty to Beowulf saved
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From the beginning Beowulf is characterized as being a great warrior, through every battle he prevails. The first battle that we experience is Beowulf taking on a monster that has killed more than 30 men and continued to cause trouble for 12 years until Beowulf slays him. The next battle we see is with Grendel’s mom and in order to reach her Beowulf must go into dark murky, creature infested water to face her. Both of these battles Beowulf was able to defeat the antagonist, however this was not
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