Heroic Heros

Has anyone in your life made a life changing impact on you? Perhaps a hero? There are many types of heroes including old heroes, New heroes, and heroes in stories. The best of the heroes are the epic heroes. Epic heroes are people who are admired for great achievements or affect a grand event. Beowulf is one of those well known epic heros that was a well known hero to the gates. He was a warrior and showed characteristics such as loyalty, generosity, and bravery. These characteristics is which makes him a hero. He wants to help people and can always be trusted. His country and people depended on him and his actions to protect them. Just like American soldiers today protect our country. That is who I believe to be our best epic heroes

Secondly, public safety personnel. Are the hero’s? This includes fire fighter, rescue medic and police officers. The best example of all three of these public personnel, I would have to say, would have to been the event that took place on September 11, 2001. It was a clear Tuesday morning around 8:45 a.m. when two plain hit the World Trade Center in New York City. Instantly killing hundreds of people and trapping hundreds while the tower crumbed to the ground. While millions fled from the scene, millions watched the events unfolding. The hero’s in this story are the ones that ran to the tower, the rescue the ones that were trapped and help the injured.

There are many types of heroes (such as the ones in comic books, myths, movies, or even just everyday life heroes) but all of them have perseverance when they’re going through a conflict. Heroes are role models and they’re people that we look up too. They all have unique and special qualities that make one another different from each other. For example policemen battle crime everyday and when they’re overcoming a conflict they have determination, courage and other traits that people admire them for and that make them as a hero. Typically a hero is admired for their achievement/actions and qualities.

Since the early 1940s, as many as 20,000 different superheroes with varying superpowers have been created by various companies such as Marvel and DC, who have redefined the comic book industry. While there are various superheroes that exist, very few superheroes stand out due to their efficiency in fighting crime and their unique superpowers.The best and most powerful superheroes to ever be created are Batman, Black Panther, and Ghost Rider, as they have proven time and time again that they are the most capable of solving any crime and bring peace and security to their hometowns.

Superheroes are derived from mythology and folklore. Superheroes have a lot of the same qualities and aspirations as the greek gods, roman gods and all types of mythological creatures. Mythological creatures always had some sort of power, mission, identity and

Heroes like Batman and Iron Man are different because the viewer can relate to their shortcomings more easily than to the issues of Superman, for instance. As Stan Lee points out, what makes those types of heroes interesting is that they need to conquer their "own flaws and inabilities" and fight the villains at the same time. These characters are struggling with issues similar to those of the audience, they seem more human than the traditional archetypal hero and that helps the viewer to identify themselves with the character on the

What and who is a Hero? Is a hero a fireman, who saved your cat from a burning fire? Or is it a group of people with supernatural abilities that saved the world from crumbling to the hands of Thanos, like the Avengers. Or maybe a hero is a person who changes the lives of many people, like Malcom X. All those examples are heroes in their own way, all might have a different way of conveying a hero but they do have one thing in common. They all show their ability to perform courageous acts and are noticed for their nobility, even under the most gruesome conditions they demonstrate the ability overcome adversity for the greater good.

Aaron Sorkin, a screenwriter, producer, director, and playwright, once said, “Heroes in drama are people who try hard to reach a virtuous ideal. And whether they succeed or fail really doesn’t matter - it’s the trying that counts.” Sorkin states that heroes are those that attempt to reach their goal, not necessarily those that succeed. Heroes will proceed to try, no matter who or what is preventing them from reaching a goal. Sorkin is also discussing people attempting to reach a “virtuous ideal”, which is often obtained for others. A hero is one who solves others’ before their own, is determined to obtain a goal despite obstacles, but may not always conquer the challenge at hand.

A hero can be many different types of people and have many different qualities. The Merriam-Webster dictionary defines a hero as a person admired for achievements and noble qualities. Tom Hanks said “A hero is somebody who voluntarily walks into the unknown”. Heroes are strong and courageous, but they can also be quite and work behind the scenes. Eleanor Roosevelt once said “We do not have to become heroes overnight. Just a step at a time, meeting each thing that comes up... discovering we have the strength to stare it down.” Eric Blehm portrays many different heroes in his novel. Some are obvious heroes, but some of them are low key and stay behind the scenes. Throughout the novel Fearless there are many heroes;

Hero’s come in all sizes, shapes, and forms. Most times a hero is inhuman like a mutant, or takes on a God like power of some sort through a transformation. How these character become superhuman or God like generally changes as time goes on and the story gets told. It generally is a character that isn’t famous or has anything special about them and then all of the sudden the have superpowers and fame and every notices them. This is where beginning of a legend starts, but a legend generally won’t come about without the death of the hero. A legend never really has a death though as the character lives on through the stories by all that tell it. Stories are passed on from parents to kids, to their kids, and so on. This is when the hero becomes

When the word "hero" is spoken, everyone has different thoughts. Some will think of super powers like flying and saving people from villains; while others have a certain person they know or have heard of that come to mind who have done something to make a difference in the lives of others but who is a hero to you? To answer this question you must first ask yourself what a hero is; what comes to your mind when someone says the word. When I am confronted with these questions I always have the same thoughts; smart, strong will power, and someone who stands up for what they believe is right.

In our society we look upon our heroes and use our heros for many reasons. We use our heros in times of need whether we are looking for hope or someone to save us from peril. This shows how in our society we place our heros at a high status which is shown in Beowulf where his people elect him as their king or how Batman is considered the guardian of Gotham city.

Spider-man has impeccable spider-sense and swings from webs spun from his wrists. Superman flies and has enhanced strength. Jean Grey uses the power of telekinesis. The entertainment industry, especially film, has always been a haven for spotlighting superheroes. The exposure to these beings makes it inevitable for people to wonder what powers they would have if they woke up a superhero. For myself, the superpowers of choice would be invisibility, shape-shifting, and manipulating probability.

When the word hero is used to symbolize an individual, the first thing that comes to my mind is Superman. Now, it may seem childish but it’s quite true. For those who don’t know who Superman is, he’s a comic book character with superhuman powers that does nothing but “good” for his new home on earth. He was considered to be a god in the sense of being pure at heart. That’s just my perspective of it compared to the other billions. Why bring this up you might ask. I believe the word hero is used to represent what people think a righteous individual is.

(Participle) Superman, for instance, has super strength, super endurance, super speed, ice breath, laser vision, and flight. Marvel characters are human first, hero second. This means that Marvel creates simple and ordinary characters, for the most part, who later gain their powers through a freak accident or, in the case of the X-Men, an inherited mutation on a cellular level. Spiderman is a simple high school science nerd before he is bitten by the genetically created spider. Almost every single student at Xavier’s School for the Gifted Youngster starts out as normal children before their mutations activate. This is not the case with DC Comics in that three of their most popular characters, Batman, Superman, and Wonder Woman, are a billionaire acrobatic, an extraterrestrial, and an Amazon Princess, respectively. The way each company develops its characters also causes the superheroes to have distinct personalities. Marvel’s heroes are human and create human mistakes; in fact, Spiderman virtually creates almost all his major villains. (Semicolon) Many of Marvel’s supposed heroes have no qualms with killing when necessary; Deadpool, surprisingly considered a superhero, is a mercenary for higher who loves to kill. (Semicolon) With DC Comics, they create superheroes first, and only in later publication do the characters develop more human characteristics and tendencies. DC’s characters are the panicle of good and conduct themselves with high moral values. Batman