What if you are piloting a plane, full of passengers, and your plane’s engines lost almost all power, and you couldn’t land at an airport. Where you you land? Well Chesley Sullenberger successfully landed his plane on the Hudson River in the same situation. And I say that he is a hero just for that. Chesley Sullenberger, saved 155 people from a potential plane crash, his guided characteristics, and helped improve airline safety deserves him the status of a hero. Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger is a
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Beowulf’s Actions: Heroism or Duty? In a historical poem named Beowulf, we see people of Danes living in a fear of a powerful monster, Grendal. No one seems to be able to defeat him until a hero warrior named Beowulf sails from Geatland and kills Grendel. From the very beginning of the poem Beowulf stands out as a fearless, “the mightiest man on earth, highborn and powerful” (line 196). He is not afraid of anyone or anything and he is also not shy about showing off all his success. He mentions
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An Act of Heroism Do you have the strength to protect and serve for the cause of freedom, safety, and liberty? Would you sacrifice yourself for others? You may think you know, giving your only piece of pizza to your friend is an act of bravery to sacrifice. Each Individual including you; can make choices. It depends on where the mind and heart set is. In the Novel by Harper Lee, “To Kill a Mockingbird”, she brings us in
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Stephen Decatur American naval officer notable for his heroism in the Barbary Wars and the War of 1812; first American celebrated as a nation military hero who had not fought in the American Revolution. Tariff of 1816 Protective tariff enforced between 1816-1824; formed the basis of the Compromise of 1833, ending
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Odyssey does the same, illustrating Odysseus as the savior for his crew, as well as his family in Ithaca. Dorothy and Odysseus share many different character traits that depict heroism, however, they have many different approaches to achieving their goal of going home. Dorothy and Odysseus share some similarities of heroism. For example, they both are depicted as brave, loyal, and determined. Dorothy is brave because she stands up
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George Saunders’ “Tenth of December” is a short story about heroism and its ubiquitous nature with the notion of rejecting reality from the perspective of a woefully dying man and a young child with a fruitful imagination. Don and Robin both divulge into their own illusory worlds through disconnection and role-playing by creating a barrier between themselves and the nature of the world around them. Heroism, also intertwiningly injects itself into the ideology of rejecting existence as a base for
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some just want equality and nothing more. This situation was similar to that of the novel The Watsons Go to Birmingham-1963, as well as the Rosa Parks article. Multiple characters in the novel display heroism similar to that of Rosa’s brave acts. Their characteristics share the same types of heroism as well. The similar heroic characteristics of Rosa Parks and Byron Watson are honesty, bravery, and the will to be a risk-taker. One of the three most prominent heroic characteristics shared Byron Watson
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There are all kinds of love in this world, but never the same love twice. In, “The Great Gatsby”, Jay Gatsby the main character has this false hope of trying to relive his past again with his one true love, Daisy. F. Scott Fitzgerald shows the heroic elements of him being the tragic hero because he goes through this continuous cycle of false hope of getting the love of his life. Jay Gatsby came from a necessitous family and in rural North Dakota and wanted something much bigger from life.
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and even become a two-time state champion in the decathlon. Bo was so good at sports that he reached a point that practice was pointless. Bo was a legend that came from a poor family but even that was able to help shape his epic story of national heroism, of a great warrior of great strength and courage. Bo was a great warrior fighting against the best players and even himself as well. Many great players in the football world tried to take him and even a former seattle player who many said
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towards uncertainty instead of away from it, knowing full well the danger involved. Heroes are not special, they are completely normal and human. Yet they still pull off incredible feats because of their inner resolve. That resolve is known as heroism. Heroism is acting in dire situations, no matter the consequences, being passionate of your goals, but not always going around possessing huge muscles and super powers. Heroes are capable of acting in the most dangerous of situations. An example of
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