...T. Kelley Professor Fox English II, 11 am Due: 30 Nov 2012 Heroes After more than 10 years of combat, the media has given many soldiers the title of hero. Jessica Lynch was one Soldier who was given the title hero. Was she truly a hero? What actions merited such a label? Pat Tillman also received the coveted title of hero, despite much controversy. Pat Tillman’s label of heroism occurred because of his strong social status. However, the word hero in Tillman’s case was misused to disguise actual events or cover up the misfortunes of war. Shoshona Johnson would be called a hero as well. Shoshana Johnson and Lynch were captured the same day but because of race, one hero would receive more accolades than the other. These soldiers wanted to share the truth, but media’s opportunity to transform them into hero took precedence. All of these heroes received differential treatment based on their gender, race or social status. Jessica Lynch seemed to be the perfect candidate to depict as an American Hero. Lynch is 5’6, 130 lbs. with blonde hair and blue eyes (Fluharty). With Barbie doll like qualities, Jessica not only served as an American Soldier, but possessed the beauty necessary to attract attention of viewers and develop a great story. The War on Terrorism has allowed news anchors to televise and participate in more combat related events than ever before, yet truth is often skewed to give a better news line story. The events that led to her capture in Iraq in 2003...
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... he is definitely weaker due to his friendship, but due to the fact that he no longer wants what he wanted before. Enkidu is sent to to tame Gilgamesh’s “stormy-heart.” Before he was free to do as he pleased because he had no one to oppose him, so “neither the father’s son/ nor the wife of the noble; neither the mother’s daughter/ nor the warrior’s bride was safe” whereas now Enkidu satisfies him in a way this had not, so he stops. To many, this would seem to be a lose of power, an inability to exercise his macho-man strength, but in terms of strength of heart...
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...Is Odysseus a hero? Everyone hears the word “hero” from time to time, but has it ever occurred to any of those people, of what a hero is to them? Some define heroes as someone they admire or even someone with super powers. Just know that a hero is someone who is not perfect. Heroes have imperfections like humans do. If one were to read The Odyssey, one of the most controversial questions that would be asked if whether or not Odysseus is a hero. Certainly, some may say he is not because of all the terrible things he did throughout, but remember a hero has flaws. Otherwise than that Odysseus is a hero. Throughout his journey, it is shown that he possesses many qualities of a hero such as intelligence, the strength he shows, the hardships he encounters and how he deals with them, and so on. According to The Odyssey written by Homer, it is shown that a hero has a quality of being a risk taker, a trait Odysseus demonstrates in his adventure. The part where Odysseus stabbed the Cyclopes in the eye is considered a huge risk. “Straight forward they sprinted, lifting it, and rammed it deep in his crater eye” (Homer, 414). The reason is, is because Odysseus already knew what the Cyclopes was capable of. If he was not successful then he along with his crew would become the Cyclopes dinner. Odysseus also shows how smart and cunning he is. When he is talking to one of the suitors he says “ I too once lived in a lofty house that men admired; rolling in wealth I’d often give to a...
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...The story is about a kitten looking for a home, but because it is black they think it is bad luck. The kitten named is lgnacia. She went to different houses but no one wanted the kitten. In a couple of houses she went to they were scared and would get the kitten out of there house. Then she went to a huge house. In this house the kitten found a person that just took her in and didn’t matter that the kitten was black. The little girl had to the kitten with full of love. This book would be for 1st to 3rd graders. I think that this story shows a hero to this kitten because the kitten was looking for a home just because it was different. The kitten saw the love from the girl and see her as a hero for taking it to her home. Huseinovic. P. Andrea. The Blue Sky (2002) This book is about a liitle girl that had lost her parents. She wanted to look for her mother. She didn’t want to do anything as other children did. She just wanted to look for her mom. She put her self in a tower. As she was up there she started to talk to the birds as they came up to her. Then she started to see things in the air that reminded her of her mother. Then came a bird with stars and she went up there, they say she went with her mother. These animals helped her. I believe this book could be for 3rd graders. This book believe to be a hero book because the animals kept reminding her about her mom. It is believe they had reunited together as one. They also just gave her to believe her mom was with her at all...
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...Who’ s the Tragic Hero? A tragic hero is defined by Aristotle as someone with hamartia,which is a flaw or error of judgement, peripeteia, a reversal of fortune due to the error of judgement, anagnorisis, the realization that the peripeteia was caused by their own actions, and hubris, excessive pride. In Antigone by Sophocles there is a debate of who is the tragic hero of the story Antigone or Creon. According to the definition the tragic hero of Antigone has to be Creon. Antigone starts medias res, Creon declares that his nephew Polynieces is not to get the proper burial, “ No burial of any kind. No wailing, no public tears. / Give him to the vultures, unwept, unburied, / To be a sweet treasure for their sharp eyes and beaks” (l.28-30). Creon was feared by all of his subjects so they obeyed his command no matter how immoral. The only person that openly defied him was Antigone, his niece, with burying Polynieces. When the Watchman told Creon what had occurred Creon said that Antigone had to die. Creon said that...
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...Montel Branch English 4 Argumentative essay What makes someone a tragic hero? A tragic hero is someone who makes judgement error that inevitably lead to their own destruction. A hero’s downfall comes from specific traits that cause their destruction. Between the two major characters Antigone and Othello, Othello exemplifies a tragic hero the most from the following reasons error of judgment, reversal of fortune and recognition of change in fate. The tragic hero trait that Othello displays is recognition of reversal was brought by his own actions. The general of the Venetian army, Othello married to wife Desdemona was friends with a trustable man named Iago. Othello made the decision to make Cassio his lieutenant instead of Iago....
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...Imagine that someone's legs were so badly wounded that they are about to fall off, well that is what happened to Howard Wasdin in combat. Howard Wasdin is a retired Navy Seal soldier. When he enlisted for the Navy Seals, he became a seal and then took training to become a part of BUD/S. After that he eventually became apart of Seal Team Two, and was deployed in Mogadishu. Howard Wasdin was determined to keep moving up the food chain so he took on the challenge of becoming a part of Seal Team Six. Once Wasdin got the taste of battle being apart of Seal Team Six, he decided he wanted to become a sniper. So he became a Navy Seal Sniper. Howard was being deployed in Somalia, little did he know that that would be his last deployment… Ever. When Howard was in battle he had been wounded so badly that he was on the verge of dying, he had been shot in his legs bullets went through his body everywhere cause him to lose blood. Howard Wasdin was forced to retire from the Navy Seals. For his acts in...
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...Willy Loman - A Tragic Hero Is dying a way to become a tragic hero? According to Aristotle, a tragic hero is defined as a literary character who makes a judgement error that leads to his/her own destruction. Most tragic heroes hold a position that is of a noble stature. Willy Loman is the main character in the play, Death of a Salesman and displays the rise and fall of a tragic hero. Many people may not consider Willy a tragic hero because he is not of high social class and he is like the millions of other Americans trying to living the American dream. However, because he portrayed the characteristics of being a failure and making mistakes, by the end of the play the audience witnesses what Aristotle called “Hamartia” Death of a Salesman can be considered a tragedy. In the play, Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller, we learn about the main character, Willy Loman, the pity that Willy should receive, and the thought of the main character. Aristotle discusses the idea of hamartia, which he defines as a fatal flaw leading to the downfall of a tragic hero of heroin. Willy’s stubbornness and excess pride could be considered as such. Often, Willy had to borrow money to pay their bills. Linda told Biff, “When he has to go to Charley and borrow fifty dollars a week and pretend to me that it’s pay?”(633). Guilt and feeling like a failure not supporting his family led to Willy’s daydreaming. Willy’s inability to admit that he needs help creates worry and tension in...
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...The Pursuit of Happyness & the Hero’s Journey There is no denying the fact that the hero is popular topic which is much talked about not by movies, but also by the real society. It is generally thought that we always discuss about heroes all time but no one seems to have same opinion on what makes a hero. Many definitions of a hero is someone have superpower, strength, courage and brave. But who could considered example of heroes? Everyone has their opinion to define a hero so I also have my opinion to define a hero. “The Pursuit of Happyness” is a movie which was released in 2006. This movie is an adaptation of a real story. Chris Gardner, who is a singer father. He is homelessness and poor because he failed on his business. He also has to raise his son. For his son’s future ,he never give up and always look for changes to change his life. He believed that as long as it is hard enough, happiness will come tomorrow. In the end, he be a successful stockbroker and changes his life. For many hero’s stories, Chris Gardner is not a typical super hero. He doesn’t have any superpowers and strength. He is homelessness with his son and poor, no one can care about them. However, he is kind of a special hero. He has strong mind and the spirit of never give up when he faced to many challenges. Maybe he could not change the world and help everyone but he changed himself and he gave his son more happiness in his son life. And there are three conspicuous aspects about Chris Gardner in...
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...Harry Potter’s a Hero Alex Terzibachian Harry Potter and the Sorcerer Stone is a great story about an unfortunate young boy’s journey to becoming a Hero. Harry Potter does not live a good life at home on Privet Drive, with his aunt, uncle, and cousin the Dursleys. Harry’s aunt and uncle know that Harry is a wizard and constantly try to suppress his magic spurts and random accidents that keep happening. From early on in Harry’s life he has always been suppressed and victimized by his “family” and he never really felt like he would amount to anything or be nearly as great as he a young wizard as he did become throughout the story. One of the defining moments for him to realize he was more than just a wizard, which was already hard to believe for him, was in the shop with Mr. Ollivander trying to find out which wand would choose Harry. The wands that he was trying out just didn’t seem to work out till Mr. Ollivander grabs one with curiosity wondering if this special wand was the one for Harry, and it was. Mr. Ollivander tells Harry, when explaining why this wand choosing him was curious, he says “It is very curious indeed that you should be destined for this wand when its brother why, it’s brother gave you that scar.” (67) This moment was a big one for Harry as an individual wondering about his own life, but the next thing Mr. Ollivander tells Harry is really when I think Harry had a great expectation to live up to. “I think we must expect great things from you, Mr. Potter”...
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...the author depicts R.P. McMurphy as a hero throughout the book from the narrator, Chief Bromdens p.o.v. R.P. McMurphy is the main character of the book and he gets sent to the hospital as a new patient. As soon as he arrives the other patients realize he is different and is not like the other patients. Kesey shows how throughout the book McMurphy tries to help the other patients gain more confidence and stand up against Nurse Ratched, who is controlling and considers herself to be superior to everyone else. McMurphy comes to the hospital as a new admission. When he arrives he tells the other patients how he was having problems at work and then his job declared him as a psychopath. He didn’t want to go to jail so his other option was to come to the hospital and get admitted there. McMurphy’s arrival to the hospital also show his first step in his Hero’s Quest...
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...Atticus the Hero When you think of heroes most people think about Batman or Captain America, but there are many other people who would qualify as heroes. Heroes do not have to wear masks or uniforms, they don’t have to have secret identities or cool names. A hero can be someone you see everyday. My hero is my mom, someone who has influenced me and helped mold me into the person I am today. My mom is considerate and loving and kind. Like my mom is to me, Atticus was a hero. Atticus was smart and kind and caring. He was a single dad who worked full time, he cared about his kids more than anything and wanted to teach them to be respectful and to have good values, but he also wanted to let them learn some things by themselves which meant that they were going to make mistakes and hopefully would learn from them. Atticus was a great dad who, even when it was hard, did the right...
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...This person deserves to be a hero because. Johnny is a hero because he went into a burning church to save kids, Johnny keeps his gang family from fighting, johnny does a lot for his gang family and johnny keeps everyone from fighting with each other but johnny is the glue for the gang. Johnny is a hero for his gang and the people around him. Johnny is the hero of the story because he has protected his gang family. First Johnny is basicly the hero of the gang family johnny keeps everybody happy and friendly. the only thing that johnny has a problem with is when everybody gets mad at each other but johnny helps them get over it. But what johnny has done a lot for people in his gang he covered up for them. Johnny has protected the gang family and he has taken a beaten, and have been learning to stay out of socs reach. So he has head smarts and he goes...
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...Everyone likes to throw the word “hero around”, but I dont think everyone actually realizes what a hero is, everyone has a different perception of what makes someone a hero. To some, a hero can range from someone with supernatural abilities that dedicate their whole lives to keeping the world safe from any threat to just someone with no special super power, it’s just people to admire or look up to. With the word having such a wide spectrum, it seems fairly easy to fall into the hero category. That range leaves no doubt why Odysseus and Dante are epic heroes; with what they went through, traveling through sea and passing straight through hell, they have also earned the title of being respectable heroes. According to The Odyssey, it is shown that a hero has a quality of being a risk taker; a trait Odysseus demonstrates throughout his journey. When Odysseus stabbed the Cyclopes in the eye, it is considered a huge, bold risk “Straight forward they sprinted, lifting it, and rammed it deep in his crater eye” (book IX. 380-381). Odysseus knew if he didn’t act quick, him and his men would live out their last days waiting to be lunch for the Cyclops. However, Odysseus is considered a god among men because of his quick thinking, he knew he had to succeed in order to avoid that fate. Not only were they inspired by the fact that they had to act on the situation to save their lives, but it also seems like they had some external motivation. As Odysseus’ men stood around him, “some god...
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...compared to our own is often laughed at. These same principles has been applied to the story of the play, and the inferiority of females has been used as the basis for creating humour. [quick quote & example to back this up?] The characters Shakespeare's “Much Ado about Nothing” contribute to build the humorous essence of play through their roles. Several characters of the play presented comical language and gestures such as Benedick and Beatrice’s unromantic backbiting. In addition, the high-mannered Elizabethan society in which the characters of the play lived in also played a part to make the play a comedy. Beatrice wants to remain an unmarried women which is going against the social norms at that time. Beatrice also speaks up when Hero is accused of violating chastity. She also rebels against the unequal status of women in the Renaissance society; “O...
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