Character Analysis : Ride With The Wind By Alex Lickerman

Inherit the Wind is a play by Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee that depicts the infamous Scopes Trial. The real names of the persons involved in the case were changed, however, the play recounts the same story. One journalist in the story, E.K. Hornbeck, who is closed-minded, a hypocrite, and very cynical proves that the religious community of Hillsboro is not the only one to be intolerant.

“It’s not easy to be a hero. You do it because of what you believe, not because of what other people deserve.” Anyone can face a challenge or a hardship. But what makes a true hero is how the person takes on the challenge. Often, heroes show feats of ingenuity and acts of bravery. Two heroes that acted during the American Civil Rights Movement, were Martin Luther King Jr, and Rosa Parks. A hero is a person who has demonstrated behaviors to ethically receive our appreciation and respect. A hero is an ordinary person who finds the strength within themselves to persevere and undergo hardships and calamity.

~ In the article “What is a Hero”  paragraph 4-5 the author states that a what makes a hero is “A heroic act is one performed with recognition of possible risk and cost, be they  to one's physical health or personal reputation, in which the actor is willing to accept anticipated sacrifice. The key to heroism is a concern for other people I need your concern to the find a moral cost knowing there is a personal risk done without expectation of reward.” Basically a hero is someone who helps others not because he is asked or he will receive  a reward but someone who does it to be kind.

Anyone who influences anyone else by saving or helping save his or her lives can be a hero. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. changed the lives of millions of people by bringing justice to minorities. Mahatma Gandhi, one of the greatest heroes, led a nonviolent revolution to free his country. Even a parent can be a hero to his or her child by leading them in the right direction. All teachers are heroes when they make it their job to teach a child anything that will help them in life. You don’t have to go to great lengths by risking your life to make a difference in someone else’s life.

There are many different opinions and thoughts on what exactly makes a person a hero. In the case of the novel “The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao” by Junot Diaz, it discusses the recurring heartbreaks and traumatic times Oscar endures throughout his life. He is a very insecure person who has a strong desire for love. He tries his hardest to obtain this goal and many see him as a hero because he seems to never give up despite his failures. Diaz describes numerous instances where Oscar repeats his past mistakes causing him to look more like a fool than a hero.

The Outsiders Essay The Outsiders is a dramatic, emotional, and devastating book written by S.E Hinton. The book was written on April 24th, 1967 after Hinton had witness’s teens who belonged to the Socs group jumping another one of their peers, because he was considered in the greasers group. The Greasers are known as the less fortunate and poor group while the Socs are known as the rich group who have the best homes, better girls, and generally a better life style. Hinton now the age of 69 wrote her first book (The Outsiders) when she was only 16 years of age. The outsiders is written in a first person perspective about a young 14 year old boy pony boy Curtis who lives with his brother Sodapop and Darry, the Curtis boys who lost both of their parents at a young age do not live in

There are people that exceed the definition of a hero every day. For example, the three people that exceed the definition a hero are Martha Copeland, Carol Groen, and Walter Peyton. Two of these people are your average people that just love helping people in need and one is a well-known football player that got his own award for helping people. The first person that exceeded the definition was Martha Copeland. Martha exceeded this definition by uprooting her family to go to Indonesia to teach and build to help them learn and live safely. Martha did not do this because she wanted to be famous; she did this because she cares. She helped the people out of the kindness in her heart and she never bragged to anyone about what she has accomplished.

Well a real hero sounds something like this story. “ Today our history teacher was telling us about a man who was famous for transporting Jews to safety during the Holocaust. A student in the class said, “That’s my grandfather.” the teacher began to cry and said, “ That man saved my entire family.” That man knew what he was getting into when choosing to save those Jews. He was aware he could have been jailed, tortured or killed. But he didn’t care. He realized that what the Germans were doing was wrong. So he sacrificed his safety for others. Think to yourself, “ Would I be like this man and save everyone and endanger myself? Or would I be the one who ratted out the Jews to the

"Swallow the Air" by Tara June Winch is a prose fiction text about an aboriginal girl called May who goes on a journey for a search of fresh and intensely meaningful discoveries

John Barth, and acclaimed writer said, “Everyone is necessarily the hero of his own life story” (Hero/Heroism). To me that means everyone is a hero in one way or another. Volunteering is an example of being a hero. You could be helping disabled people by volunteering at Camp Courageous. Deloras Propst volunteers at the Camp Courageous Garage Sale here in Manchester Iowa. The garage sale raised $115,000 last year for the camp (Propst). This is one reason I count Deloras Propst as a hero.

To numerous people a hero is a person with supernatural gifts and great gallantry. It is someone that would save lives and help make the world a better place like Superman for example. A list of these mainstream heroes can extended a mile long, however, that is not the case in reality. Real world heroes are seen much differently from fictional characters. People are labeled heroes based on two words: positive impact.

All books and plays provide readers with important lessons. In the play Inherit the Wind, the playwrights, Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee, are able to use different elements to present the theme. Some of the most important elements used are characters and ideas. Rachel Brown, the Butler’s Law and Matthew Harrison Brady are some of the characters and ideas that help to reveal a theme of the play that appearance can be deceptive, and therefore one must look beyond the surface of things to seek for the truth.

Every quest consists of five parts. The novel Flight by Sherman Alexie demonstrates all five components. The first component of a quest is a quester, or someone who goes on a quest. In Flight the quester is Zits, a fifteen year old foster kid. The next part of a quest is where the quester needs to go. The place Zits needs to go is into five different people’s bodies, in five different time periods, and experience the things they did. The first time Zits is transported into another’s body is after Justice convinces Zits to open fire in a bank and Zits gets shot. The third component of a quest, the stated reason to go, explains why Zits was transported into those people’s bodies. The stated reason for Zits is because

In our life we always need someone super hero to help us in difficult situations but this is not just happened in fairy tales also in real life. We have seen ,listened and read a lot of heroes and their stories such as in television, radio and books. According to Oxford Dictionary, hero is defined as" a person who has good act, noble achievements and great qualities."This word comes from Latin . Oprah Winfrey and Angelina Jolie who believed in their duty to help poor people underprivileged, and sick people .The hero demonstrates humanitarian and giving generosity without waiting a give back from others.

Thank you for joining us today as the City of Mobile participates in the Race for the Cure Walk in celebration of October Cancer Awareness Month. This is a special occasion for many reasons but the most significant is that we have chosen as a community to make a difference and to show our own ability to be heroes. People define heroism in so many individualized ways and the world is full of heroes that make a significant impact and have admirable traits of all kinds. Our own designated heroes affect our mindset and influence our thoughts and our actions. It is powerful and influential. To me, a true hero changes the world and provides hope and peace in the most difficult situations.