Greatness; that word seems to be thrown around now more than ever. But what truly makes someone great? What makes someone a hero? How would you describe a hero? How would you describe a hero as someone who does not own a cape, but a jersey? A helmet? And, a football? I’d describe that as a person noted for feats of courage or nobility of purpose, especially one who has risked his or hers lives. Those words can only be describing one man, one living legend; Tom Brady. The three things that make
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Numerous kids around the world have heroes such as batman and wonderwoman. In Sherman Alexie’s “Superman and Me,” the author compares himself to Superman through an extended metaphor by explaining how both are saving kids’ lives. While he teaches many Indian kids everything about reading and writing, Superman saves people's lives from evil villains. Alexie informs his readers how he is saving lives by teaching Indian boys and girls how to read and write. “I visit the schools as often as possible
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Pat Tillman, “The All American Hero” Pat Tillman has and is still being called the American Hero by his family and friends. He gave up his strong career as a football player so that he could enlist to the army. He fought in many wars and survived until the day of his death in late April, 2004. Although, no-one exactly knows how his death occurred, Steven Elliott, one of the army rangers that fought in Afghanistan with Tillman, confesses that he may have shot Pat during the incident (as noted from
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The Hero’s Journey Imagine what it would be like to be a hero on a grand quest, what if I told you many of the stages of a hero’s journey are a part of every teenagers life. This is a very important view, as it focuses on the understanding of the life and journey of a teenager. This point of view will allow for three different stories to all be explained by the same general idea. There is the story of growing maturity of Holden in Catcher in the Rye, king Odysseus’ heroic journey home, and the tale
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The second hero, Louis Zamperini, a professional athlete and decorated war hero, accomplished numerous things before he died of pneumonia on July 2, 2014. Two articles, “The Man Who Couldn’t Stop” by Lev Grossman and “Louis Zamperini, 97, Olympic, Airman, Crash Survivor and POW” by Brendan Manley, give information on some of Zamperini’s heroic qualities. He could be considered a hero to most people, for example, Zamperini was a famous olympic runner. As a kid growing up, Zamperini was trouble. After
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The Fisher King is a great example of the hero's journey because it was not only one, but two heroes journeys. This is quite significant since most journeys have only particular main character that is accompanied by a party of members that help them overcome obstacles and help the character change. Jack, one of the main characters, is forced to atone for his actions when he realizes that he ruined Parry’s life by his radio show convincing someone that he will always be alone and never find love
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A hero in today’s society doesn't have to have extraordinary super powers to be considered a “hero”. Just like all things, a hero comes in all shapes and sizes. Heros can range from a firefighter to a homicide detective, or even a random citizen helping the elderly with their groceries. Being a hero isnt about being the strongest or getting the girl, its about helping the less fortunate. Heroic traits include: reliability, adaptability, and leadership. In Marvel’s The Avengers, Captain America
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There are so many reasons why veterans are America’s heroes, and I will name a few of them. Veterans, first of all, give up their time with their families, they fight in wars, and they die for our freedom. My step-dad, my deceased grandpas, and family friends are all veterans. When veterans signed up, to begin with, in the service. They had to do a lot of training. All of that training took time away from family and friends. They missed birthdays, Christmas, Thanksgiving, children being born
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be brutally beaten across many different Japanese Prisoner of War camps, and in the end, forgive your abusers for all they did without ever getting an apology in return. Few can say they’ve done this except for Louis Zamperini, a world war two hero. A hero is someone who can forgive all people even some who don’t have morals. Louis Silvie “Louie” Zamperini was born January 26, 1917 and grew up in Torrance, California where he was a troublemaker as a child and often ended up in holding
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have grown to love the game over the last decade the question arises: Who is the World of Warcraft best hero? This list is a compilation of some of the most epic and legendary heros (or villans) in the Warcraft universe. They selection criteria involved the way that they changed the world, how epic their deeds are, and finally there is a cool factor as well. Here we go! World of Warcraft best hero top 10 list: 10. Illidan Stormrage The night elf demon hunter was supposed to aid Malfurion and Tyrande
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