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In book 22, Hector becomes an instrument of fate and is shown no mercy by Achilles. Hector was consistently tricked by Apollo into fighting the battle even though there was no hope of winning. At the end of the book, as Achilles is bounding towards the city of Troy with Hector standing out front. Despite all of the encouragement to come back inside the city walls, Hector remains outfront and faces his death. Ultimately his pride gets the best of him and he would rather stay out and accept his fate of death, then to come inside and receive shame for leading his people into a losing battle in the first place. Hector chooses to leave his city to fend for itself without its greatest warrior to save himself from shame. The parallel between Hector and Achilles leads to a greater understanding of the theme of freedom vs. fate. Hector gives into his pride and accepts the “fate that awaits us all” and Achilles is motivated by freedom and seeks the revenge of his friend ultimately escaping death. Homer makes an excellent statement of this connection between the two men when he writes: “They ran by these springs, pursuer and pursued, a great man out front, a far greater behind” (book

Homer concentrates on Hector throughout the chapter and makes comments about how brave and courageous he was. He also mentions that he is a great commander and leader of the Trojan army. In addition, Hector knew the reason behind the invasion which was Paris stealing Menelaus’ wife, Helen. This gives Agamemnon an excuse to attack Troy. Both Hector and his wife know that he is soon to meet his death, it’s inescapable. However, even though it is not his fight, he still feels compelled to go to war with his country and search for some vague glory. Hector seems to be very heroic. Moreover, Homer describes Hector as an immense warrior almost god-like. But in

Hector is a very important character he is one that thinks that children should not only be taught the syllabus that the government gives but they should be learning how to be well-round beings and have the knowledge to go throw life and be successful in everything they do this is shown in this quote "[Hector during his general studies class with the

During the chapter of Bienvenidos we get to see a glimpse into the main character Hector. Hector is portrayed as an immigrant man who is a day laborer, cheater, unhappy, and get taken advantage of by its contractors. There is a section where Hector contemplates that during the time he is working around other day laborers that he makes“ calculations away from the other men --- they hate anyone who uses pencils and clipboards.”(Pg.8) This passage shows how Hector has prior knowledge that distinguishes him from the rest of laborers by being able to do minimum of the heavy work but, being hated by the folks around him. This reminds me of my father Delfino because when he moved to the United States he was coming with a mechanical engineering degree from Morelia, Mexico. Despite the degree not being validated here in the United States he still had the knowledge that would give him the upper hand when staring for a construction company called Anning-Johnson. I remembered how he mentioned that less than in a month he was promoted to supervisor because of his knowledge and how people who had been working for the company for many years despised him for getting such promotion that they dreamed of. My father would mentioned that as someone who doesn’t have paper having such position was great but that most of his work colleagues would have a passive aggressive attitude towards him that made him feel uncomfortable. In-spite Hector having good work ethic and knowledge to give him an upper hand in the job, however a theme displayed in this particular section was taking things in vain. Hector displays such theme by foreshadowing

In the article “War Against Boys?”, I noticed two common and reappearing rhetorical appeals, pathos and logos. The reason I chose both of these appeals is because of how Michael Kimmel thinks about how gender inequality affects boys and how this is affecting boys education in lower and higher institutions. Pathos played a huge part in this essay because of the emotional and mental impact on boys through discrimination from the school system. One example of pathos being shown is when feminism was mentioned pathologizing boyhood making boys think what is normal , another way pathos was being shown is when gender stereotyping was stated to be hurting both girls and boys (Michael 522-523). Like pathos, logos was also seen throughout the article as well. The first logos that was shown was when statistician Tom Mortensen stated that “ the graduation line 2068 will be all females”(Michael 522). Another example of logos was the statistics of gender imbalance throughout the higher educational system.

As illustrated in book VI, Homer didn’t want readers to just believe that Hector was this mighty warrior in the Trojan War. He was portrayed as impulsive and insufficiently prudent but not overbearing and arrogant as Agamemnon. Hector had this compassion towards his family. He has sincere love for his wife and kids. Glorious Hector, quickly lifting the helmet from his head, set it down on the ground, fiery in the sunlight, and raising his son he kissed him, tossed him in his arms, lifting a prayer to Zeus and the other deathless gods: “Zeus, all you immortals! Grant this boy, my son, may be like me, first in glory among the Trojans, strong and brave like me, and rule all Troy in power and one day let them say, “He is a better man than his father!’ when he comes home from battle bearing the bloody gear of the mortal enemy he has killed in war a joy to his mother’s heart.” (Homer, pg.211) This example from the poem shows that Hector has pride and love for his son. He wants his son to be a stronger and better warrior than he is. Although, all

"…I came to idolize my grammar school teachers. I began by imitating their accents, using their diction, trusting their every direction. The very first facts they dispensed, I grasped with awe. Any book they told me to read, I read – then waited for them to tell me which books I enjoyed" (Rodriguez 625). Rodriguez allowed his teachers to tell him how to think; he became completely submissive to their every belief. As Freire stated the teacher’s task is, "to fill the students with the contents of his narration – contents which are detached from reality, disconnected from the totality that endangered them and could give them significance" (Freire 348). Instead of having his own opinion, Rodriguez permitted his instructors the privilege of reasoning for him.

This extract from Book 6 of Homer’s The Iliad comes at a point where the Trojans are heavily losing to the Achaeans. Hélenus, son of Priam has instructed Hector to return to the city to gather the elders to tell them to offer prayers to the gods so that goddess Athena may pity Troy. It is interesting that Homer should choose Hector to deliver this message rather than an unimportant character; Homer uses it as a devise to develop Hector and make him a more (if not the most) sympathetic character. He shows his contrasting sides; his family oriented side as opposed to the cruel warrior. The interaction with his child, Astyanax, brings a moment of tenderness and humanises Hector.Hector’s contrasting aspects to his character can be explored through

Hector fights for his own kleos and for the glory of Troy, and leaves his family behind for it. His desire to leave his legacy behind is greater than his love for family. However, he realizes that there is more than one way to leave a legacy behind. Despite leaving his family behind, he hopes that his son will supplant him praying to Zeus “Zeus, all you immortals! Grant this boy, my son, may be like me, first in glory among the Trojans, strong and brave like me, and rule all Troy in

Although respected and a mighty warrior, like most heroes, Hector also had flaws. The flaw of his that stands out the most is his cowardice. Such cowardice is demonstrated when he runs away from runs away from Ajax two times. He then receives insults from his soldiers and is emotionally instable for a moment. This causes him to treat his opponents and others very cruelly.

Another reason was that most of his teenage friends got married and had children which gave them a lot of responsibility and less time to talk or do any normal teenage thing Hector would be interested in. The prospect of becoming a parent proved to be a turning point in their lives; one that provided an impetus to take up education and employment and connect with their families and community with the aim of providing a supportive growing environment for their children (Duncan et Alexander, 2010). Once a person becomes a teenage parent, they are forced to grow up and take responsibility of the child or children they have which in some cases is even quitting school or having to work two or three jobs. In Hector's case, his friends were automatically having to do

In the Trojan society, Hector is also given a very special role – not only is he the handsome son of Priam, a prince, he is also the strongest of the fighters. This is established when Achilles himself says of Hector after killing him:

A main point of the contrast here is recognizing the fact that Hector has a family while Achilles only has Thetis, his mother and goddess of water, along with his companion Patroclus. Readers get a get a sense of this side as Hector returns to troy and sees his family along with his mother and Helen. When he finally is able to see his wife, Andromache, and his son the baby starts crying. The child is afraid of his father because of his helmet. As Hector takes off the helmet it could also be seen as some foreshadowing towards his death. Hector does try to help calm his wife’s thought by saying “Poor Andromache! Why does your heart sorrow so much for me? / No man is going to hurl me to Hades, unless it is fated, / but as for fate, I think no man has yet escaped it / once it has taken its first form, neither brave man nor coward.” (6.486-489) In that section of the poem Hector is essentially saying that he will not be killed, but if he were to be then it was fates doing. No one is able to escape their fate. Readers will receive an insight how much he loves his family and will do at all costs to protect them. It gives him more of a depth as he continues to fight for his love towards his family and Troy while Achilles is only fighting for his honour and glory. Once Achilles avenges Patroclus’ death by killing Hector. Before his death Hector begs to Achilles. But not for his life. He says “I beg you, beg you by your life, your parents— / don’t let

Nowhere in the Iliad is Hector's superiority more obvious than when he is contrasted with his brother Paris, the man who bears the sole responsibility for the chaos and terror that engulfs Troy. Hector finds Paris "polishing (and) fondling his splendid battle-gear, his shield and breastplate, turning over and over his long curved bow" (VI, 243-245).

This scene demonstrates what is most important to Hector, and the type of person that he is. He can play the role