'Hero Figure In The Fate Of Ten'

A hero can teach many life lessons, morals and various other things. A hero is someone who can be seen as a role model or hope to people. A view of a hero is different to everyone. A hero can save someone from a fire, they can be there to give support or even enlighten people. My heroes may differ from another person writing this same paper. The title hero is given to people for multiple reasons.

I am reading The Lost Hero by Rick Riordan and I am on page 553. This book is about a boy named Jason who is a roman demigod. Just like the book the Lighting Thief, Percy Jackson is a main character in the book. Jason is just now figuring out that he is a demigod and he had to go across the world to save Hera. Hera is married to Zeus and is trapped and Jason and his friends have to save her before the winter solstice. In this paper, I will be Predicting and Evaluating.

This fiction novel published October 10, 2010, about Greek gods, goddesses, and their children is a sequel to The Percy Jackson series. It is full of adventure, suspense, and just the right amount of romance. It is The Lost Hero by Rick Riordan. The Idea for The Percy Jackson series started as a bedtime story he told his son, Haley, about ancient Greek heroes. Since his son had been diagnosed with ADHD and dyslexia, all the demigods in both The Percy Jackson Series and The Lost Hero have these disorders. The intended audience for this book is young adults/teens.

One very common archetype found in literature, especially in children's literature, is the Orphan. Cultures and societies across the world somewhat differ from each other regarding the definition of “orphan”. UNICEF defines an orphan as “a child who has lost one or both parents”, while the terms "Single-Orphan" and "Double Orphan" also exists in some countries and depend on the child having lost one or both parents. Jung loosely used the term "orphan" for someone who experienced the act of abandonment by a parent at some point in their childhood, whether the physical death of one or both parents has actually occurred. Pearson describes orphans as children "who are deprived of parental protection and nurture while too young and unshielded to take care of themselves".

Heroes are heroes for many different reasons, but they all share one important thing in common. They must go through the hero’s journey. Odysseus faced many trials, monsters, and temptations in the epic poem The Odyssey. The steps he took were all part of the hero’s journey and made him the great hero that Homer had written him to be. Today, we have a great modern hero. A large community of people look up to her for guidance through their own personal journeys in life. Laverne Cox went through a great hero’s journey to get to where she is today. The hero’s journey is evident in the life of Laverne Cox because she went through a lot at home and in her childhood, is tested by friends and enemies, and finally, receives a reward.

As said by Christopher Reeve, “a hero is an ordinary individual who finds the strength to persevere and endure in spite of overwhelming obstacles.” Over the course of this quarter, the Biblical Biographies classes have studied the lives of Jonathan, Jonah, Esther, and John, who were considered heroes because of their actions and characteristics. In the book Twelve Unlikely Heroes, John MacArthur retells the stories of these extraordinary people and makes their traits evident. If each person’s best characteristics were taken and combined to create a new hero, she would predominantly be a person who is faithful, determined, rebellious, and one-of-a-kind.

A possible theme for Oedipus the King by Sophocles is that one’s blindness can hide the inevitability that is his destiny. Oedipus is in this situation. He struggles to escape his fate: killing his father and marrying his mother and believes he is successful. Sophocles believes that the gpds control one’s destiny and the inevitability that a person will do what is destined despite there hero’s intentions.Oedipus represent the standards of a true tragic hero: he is well known, basically good, his punishment is out of proportion compared to his crime, the audience at some point feels sorrow and pity for him, and Oedipus has a tragic flaw. During the whole story Oedipus thinks that he may be able to change his fate a live life how he wants but he falls to that which is his destiny.For these reason Oedipus is truly an example of a tragic hero and is unable to avoid his tragic fate.

Throughout the world of literature, heroes or protagonists are often characters created by culture. Through these characters, we discover the faults and the virtuous qualities that this time period had to offer. As the heroes make their way through the journey, the reader learns the culture through the character’s actions and mistakes. For instance, in the early Middle Ages, women were seen as inferior and were not put on a pedestal, unlike their deception during the Late Middle Ages after the advent of chivalry and courtly love. On that note, Sir Gawain and Beowulf both reflect the cultural values and the archetypal patterns found in Joseph Campbell’s Hero with a Thousand Faces which are expressed throughout their communities. Even though some of the values such as valor and loyalty carried over from one time period to another, the two cultures experienced a paradigm shift from the way fighting was conducted all the way over to how women were seen and treated.

In the seventh stage the hero finds himself in danger. Once it sets in, the hero’s fears and insecurities re-appear time away from the quest is needed (Bonzite). He needs to calm down and remember why he is there and why he chose to be there. Once the hero is ready he moves on and keeps going. The next challenge is the hardest part of the entire journey. It could be a physical task or an inner, more emotional barrier (Bronzite). The hero has to overcome all fears because his life depends on it (Bronzite). If the hero fails to reach his goal, his life will either be forever changed or he will face death. If the hero lives, and completes the task he is rewarded, he is a new person and has gained more strength in his emotional state. The reward

After reading A Hero with a Thousand Faces, I agree that Campbell made a good argument. In

“Friendship... is not something you learn in school. But if you haven't learned the meaning of friendship, you really haven't learned anything” (Muhammad Ali). The meaning of friendship is sacrifice because only a true relationship is created by caring for one another. In the Twelve Unlikely Heroes, Jonathan and David’s friendship was made strong through sacrifice when Jonathan gave up his right to the throne and gave it to David, he went against his father to protect David, and after his death David took his son in as if it was his own son. All of their actions put together expresses sacrifice that made their friendship last.

Throughout the history of literature, there have been many tales of tragic heroes. These heroes include Oedipus from Oedipus Rex, Cassius from The Tragedy of Julius Caesar and many others. Many may ask, “What is a tragic hero?” A tragic hero is a person of noble birth with heroic or potentially heroic qualities. This person is fated by the gods or by some supernatural force to doom and destruction or at least to great suffering. But the hero struggles greatly against this fate and this cosmic conflict wins our admiration. In short, a tragic hero is a character of noble beginnings who is doomed and destined for defeat, downfall or suffering. Macbeth is the perfect example of a tragic hero because he embodies all these traits and

There are three types of archetypal heroes in literature: tragic, epic and romantic heroes. Tragic heroes are from a noble position or high status and have major flaws in them, leading to their downfall. Epic heroes have supernatural powers and have many travels and adventures. Romantic heroes are considered outcasts of their society and end up sacrificing one personal thing. "The Count of Monte Cristo" by Alexandre Dumas, "The Odyssey" by Homer, and the movie "Thor" by Kenneth Branagh have characters that are considered as romantic heroes because of their characteristics and paths they take in the hero cycle.

The Anglo-Saxon and Medieval Periods shape the view of a gallant from day one till now. From the tales of Beowulf, Le Morte d’ Arthur, and Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, an epic hero’s persona becomes the ideal image of an admirable character. Regardless of all the faults encountered, with certain characteristics such as honor, courage, loyalty, and honesty, an epic hero can mean so much to an individual. Just as the old ages, not every individual can have the full combination of a hero. As years past and time changes, these virtues still remain the same. Till this day, anyone with courage, loyalty, and honesty, deserves to be honored. Those individuals are the ones that young children look up to the most; those are the true heroes of

Alfred Lord Tennyson did not have his own concept of Hero Worship. His meaning of it was implied in his book Idylls of the King which was based on history of the past. Following the tale of King Arthur and his Knights of the Round Table. The tale of Balin and Balan reflect this content well. Balin once a violence individual is able to become a knight after Arthur gives him a chance. What gives him the strength to be a good hero is due to his influence Lancelot and loyalty to Queen Guinevere. Unfortunately this falls apart when he sees Lancelot and Guinevere talking and learns that they have an hidden affair. The aftermath of this as shown in the following example shows how Balin feels about this and leaves in a uncontrollable