Terry Fox Research Paper

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.

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.

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.

He took on his new challenge as he usually had. Terry made himself strong by pushing his wheel chair. He would push himself along the sea wall of Stanley Park in Vancouver or find a steep mountain of a log road and would go to his hands bled. Two years after Terry stated his training to run, so nobody could see him he ran his first half-mile in the dark. For fifteen months of training and after running 3159 miles his stump was raw and bleeding. Terry ran 101 days everyday he ran 23 miles a day and only stopped for Christmas because his mother asked him. Terry was always determined. One day when his artificial leg broke he hitchhiked home and fixed his leg and ran another 5 miles. He told his mother about his journey to run across Canada his mother told him he was crazy but when she told his father he simple asked "When?"

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.

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.

Ruben J. Fox a 40 year old man who has gone has graduated from Harvard University, and has gone into the career as a lawyer for the state of Michigan. After working several years in Michigan working on a various amount of cases. Ruben J. Fox had soon been offered a position as a politician for the Universal Party. For several years Ruben J Fox had worked on several cases mainly relating towards Gun Control in order to protect said policy for the rights of the public, while still trying to defend the people. Six years later Ruben J. Fox had been recommended and accepted as a Senator for the Universal Party. As Ruben had ascended to the position of Senator of the Universal Party, he had worked closely with the Death Penalty, trying to preserve this option for the cruel morbid criminals, stating that people should die from natural causes . Ruben has worked on several delicate criminal cases. Immigration was huge for him, Ruben believes that English should no longer become a mandatory language to learn, main reason being; that almost everyone who enters the United States, due to either their accent or of other reasons. Relating to Marriage and Divorce, Ruben believes that same sex-marriage should be allowed for any type of couple.As for Divorce it should take at least a month for due process to occur in order to deal with any issues that has already occurred in said marriage such as rape or other issues relating towards family affairs.

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

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

On April 12, 1980, Terry dipped his artificial leg in St. John’s Harbour on Canada’s east coast to kick off the start off the start of his run. Every day afterward - windy, rainy, cold or unbearably hot - Terry ran, with eyes set on the goal. He wound his way

Firstly, Terry never stopped playing sports. As an example, Tabitha Marshall, online writer, states that Terry started to play wheelchair basketball and he got good. Thus, even though he was missing his leg he still gave sports his all. Secondly, Terry believed it was his duty to spread cancer awareness. In particular, Tabitha Marshall, online writer, comments that Terry saw the other cancer victims and he felt fortunate and responsible for being a survivor (Marshall).

Famed actor Michael J. Fox, who first achieved stardom in 1982 as the acquisitive Reagan-era poster-boy Alex P. Keaton on the popular television sitcom Family Ties, was born Michael Andrew Fox on June 9, 1961, in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Fox began using the middle initial "J" professionally because he wanted to distinguish himself from another actor named Michael Fox, and didn't like the play on words that "Michael A. Fox" lent itself to; his stage name is also reportedly a tribute to American actor Michael J. Pollard.

Philippe Croizon is a quadriplegic amputee, who, after suffering from a severe electric shock, overcame his disabilities and achieved feats some of us can only dream of. His accomplishments include; swimming across the Channel, swimming across five continents, and four straits. Also how he got over his severe depression and got used to his new life. Philippe Croizon was born March 20th, 1968 to Monique and Gerard Croizon. He married Susanna and had his first son Jeremy.

When considering the topic of health benefits and the risks of running long distances the well known story of the original marathoner Pheidippides is often brought up. The story is often told that Pheidippides, after running nearly twenty-six miles from Marathon to Athens to declare that the Athenians had won the Battle of Marathon, fell dead from exhaustion. This version of the first marathon often casts a negative light on the health benefits of running. However, this is not the full story. The real story involves Pheidippides traveling one hundred forty miles in an attempt to recruit the Spartans to aid the Athenians in their upcoming battle; then running again the return trip to report to the Athenians that aid would not be coming before the Persians arrived to battle. Finally, he ran the twenty-six miles to Athens to report the Athenian victory. That is when he finally collapsed from wounds and exhaustion. From this tragedy, we see that at some point distance running can be harmful or even fatal. The real question is, have marathons reached

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