How Did Terry Fox Influence The World

However, dressed in Achilles’s armor, Patroclus took on the Trojan army and eventually Hector, the great hero of Troy. “But at last he met Hector face to face and his doom was sealed as surely as a boar is doomed when he faces a lion” (270). Although Hector kills Patroclus, Patroclus did what needed to be done to rally the Greeks towards a singular goal. Also, his death sparked Achilles to fight for the Greeks which turned the tide of the war. “I will kill the destroyer of him” is Achilles talking, clearly inspired by the actions of Patroclus (271). Terry Fox has also sacrificed himself to rally people towards a singular goal. “I’ve said to people before that I’m going to do my very best to make it, I’m not going to give up. But I might not make it… if I don’t, the Marathon of Hope better continue” (Fox). During his “Marathon of Hope” Fox suffered from cancer, but he began the trek across Canada anyway. He did it to raise money for cancer, and even though he stopped the run and eventually died, Fox succeeded in his goal. Since his death, over people around the world inspired by Terry Fox raised over $350 million dollars in his cancer foundation. This courage and level of sacrifice that both Terry Fox and Patroclus share are why they are heroes.

Terry Fox was a hero among Canadians. He inspired many to run and fundraise for cancer research. Though he had his leg amputated, he still ran across Canada and almost achieved his goal. He started in Newfoundland and sadly had to stop his run in Thunder Bay because of his cancer coming back.

Many people can relate to his personal battle with cancer and his dedication to cancer research. His speech was full of emotion. He gave examples of his anguish during a seven-day stay before the awards ceremony, explaining his liver complications, kidney failure, and multiple surgeries. This provided the audience with real life experiences to understand the depth of what this award stands for.

Terrance Stanley Fox also known as Terry Fox was born on July 28, 1958 in Winnipeg, Manitoba. At the young age of 18 years old, Terry was diagnosed with osteogenic sarcoma, what we know of as bone cancer. Terry had no choice but to have his leg amputated 6 inches above his right knee. In the hospital, Terry was surrounded by many fellow cancer patients which mainly consisted of young children. Terry was so heartbroken about seeing the suffering of other patients he decided then that he would run across Canada to raise money for future cancer research. Terry started his Marathon of Hope in St. Johns Newfoundland on April 12th, 1980. Terry started out strong and soon attention about his Marathon of Hope grew quickly and money was beginning to

Having to deal with the consequences of his amputation, he cries and cries and found it hard to deal with because he had dreams of becoming a basketball player and he excelled in sports but terry was determined to fight back. He then planned something extraordinary, to run across Canada to raise money for cancer research.

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In Canada, Terry Fox is always suggested to be a hero who offered by way of clues to a Canadian cultural identity. Terry Fox is a famous Canadian athlete and cancer research activist. In 1980, his efforts for embarking on a cross-Canada run to make people recognize the importance of cancer research, with one of his legs amputated, successfully influenced and engaged millions of people. Terry Fox quotes that to him, being famous himself is not the idea of the run, while the only important part for him is the Marathon of Hope. (1980) In this essay, I am going to analyze the heroism, nationalism and identity that Terry Fox brings to Canadian history.

Important parts to Fox story such as when he says ‘I take one mile at a time, 26 miles a day’ It is possible to go through Fox’s history, which there is not a ton of information on in the video, in more details and how he came up to the moment in his life where he would take one mile at a time, 26 miles a day. Information such as his background and what his life was like before being diagnosed was a key feature that was definitely left out. Although the film does mention how cancer happens to people all the time and how Fox wasn’t special, the video could have mentioned how he considered himself as not special by saying that he was a man who loved playing basketball and played for Simon Fraser University. 2 We also are not told about how in 1970, he penned a letter to the Canadian Cancer Society telling them how he believed in miracles and that he had intended to run across Canada. This led to Fox being able to receive many partnerships

Numerous structures were build by Terry Fox’s name like highways,parks and schools around the nation. He won three awards that were Persons of National Historic significance (national historic person),Canadian Newsmaker of the year (broadcast about Terry Fox),Lou Marsh trophy (recognizes canadian athlete). He ran 3,107 miles and raised 24.17 million dollars for cancer research. Half way across Canada he was forced to stop running because his cancer appeared in his lungs. He went to the hospital and the doctor said he was going

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Terry Fox a Canadian athlete with cancer had a dream to run across Canada to raise awareness for cancer research. Today he is inspiring millions. Throughout this reading, you will learn about Terry Fox, his marathon of hope and his goals and fundraising.

While the pain is fresh and the glory is sweet, I decided to write this article about my experience running the marathon and how in my opinion, it metaphorically correlates the beginning and the diurnal responsibility of my profession as a Surgical Technologist.

Terry Fox was only 18 years old when he was diagnosed with a bone cancer called “osteogenic sarcoma”. This was located in his right leg which was eventually amputated in 1997. While Terry Fox was getting his treatments done he was overcome with seeing many cancer patients and young children who were battling cancer. Terry Fox witnessed the suffering of the people who were in the hospital and decided to run across Canada as a “Marathon of Hope”.

Many, who did not get the chance to cross the finish line last year, went again. ”"I think I'm going to start crying at the starting line, and I'm not sure I'll stop until I cross the finish line," said Katie O'Donnell”.Many people stayed brave and went , some didn’t even run the race and just came to support their city.Jeff Bauman , who lost his legs during the bombing “"It feels great" to be back, he said. "I feel very safe."”.Another supporter "Just wanted to let them know that they can't beat us down. I think it makes us all stronger when something like that happens," he said.” Showing that no matter what happened they will be united.

     The runner in this story was not out to win the Mayor's Cup 10K, he