Terry Fox Short Biography

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.

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.

Cancer on the one hand can be called as a disaster of life for most people;it affects brings death to some and depression and sadness for families and friends who were involved.Lots of people are mentally broken down by such a terrifying disease but some chose to fight against it.Terry Fox is a great example of a hero which has such life threatening illness still remains positive towards and always inspires other to cherish their lives.He tried to run all across the country with an artificial leg after his right leg was amputated six inches above the knee. He showed the whole world that it is still possible to gain hope and happiness even when life is dogged with illness or cancer; he raised money for cancer research in order to improve the medical techniques as same as to figure out a possible cure to save people’s life and to lessen their pain; he motivated people just

So that is the story of Terry Fox a Canadian hero that was diagnosed with bone cancer, who had to get his right leg amputated did to make a difference in Canada, and it looks like it worked because every year we do the Terry Fox run to support him and the many other in his place with

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.

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

When Terry was only eighteen he was diagnosed with osteogenic sarcoma (a type of bone cancer) which led to the amputation of his right leg amputated just above the knee. During his treatment, Terry had discovered that many children (most of them younger than him) were going through treatments of their own. This is where the first ideas for the run across Canada had begun. As most Canadians know, the marathon was cut short due to the cancer coming back and unfortunately had spread to his lungs. However, during his run Terry had caught the attention of the media. Televisions stations started covering when Terry would arrive in their area to try to get an interview. To encourage people to donate, Terry said “If you’ve given a dollar, you’ve given to the Marathon of Hope.” He was getting his message out which was most important to him and his family. As citizens slowly became more aware that countless children were going through this terrible disease. “It’s one thing to run across Canada, but now, people are really going to know what cancer is.” was one of the responses to reporters questioning why he would attempt such a feat. I feel that Terry Fox and his “Marathon of Hope” are most certainly a defining moment because it shows how we can band together for a good cause. Out of one citizens kindness, an entire country was now donating money towards a cure for such a life changing disease which, really had no cure at that time. Look where we are now, this event helped an entire country realize that we could make a

Dedication originated from the Latin word dedicare in the 14th century, meaning to devote, or to commit one’s time and resources towards a task (Oxford Dictionary). Modern day usage of dedication is still applicable to the original definition, so little change has befallen the word. Despite also being associated with the Catholic church (to declare a church to be sacred), Oxford Dictionary defines the word as, “The quality of being committed to a task or purpose” (Oxford Dictionary). However, dedication’s definition in the modern world has expanded to include not only commitment, but also trivial amounts of focus onto a task, too little to be considered a true commitment. Although the general application of dedication is to be focus one’s time

One was heralded as the personification of what it means to be Canadian and the other as a villain who embarrassed Canada (Jackson & Ponic, 2001). Both athletes were once dominant in their sport and their actions have affected the way Canadians view themselves. Wayne Gretzky is known as the greatest hockey player of all time, born and raised in Canada. It was thought that through finding greatness in him we can find greatness in ourselves (Jackson & Ponic, 2001, p. 47), this shows how important he was to Canadians and how much the average Canadian looked up to him. However, when he was traded to the Los Angeles Kings and married an American actress, Canadians were outraged. They viewed it as ‘another thing the Americans stole from us’ (Jackson & Ponic, 2001, p. 49). The other side of the coin is the story of Ben Johnson, Ben Johnson wasn’t a household name in Canada until he won the gold medal at the Olympic games in Seoul, South Korea. When he won, Canadians were heralding him as their own, as representing the multiculturalism that was present in Canada since he was not Canadian born but rather, Jamaican born (Jackson & Ponic, 2001, p. 50). The fanfare that followed his gold medal was to be expected, he was the first Canadian in 56 years to win a medal at the coveted, premier event that is the 100-m sprint. However, it wasn’t long before Ben

Not all elements and symbols of patriotism should come in the form of flowers, anthems, or flags. In fact, some are just living human, human beings. Those people have done tremendous jobs which cannot be expressed in mere words. From a tender age, Canadians are trained to appreciate that some of the country’s honored symbols are their fellow compatriots who have achieved great fame or success for their positive contributions as well as various good deeds to their country.

This experience allows me to donate my time, money, and commitment to impact the lives of patients taken by the effects of cancer. Participating in Relay for Life requires volunteer hours in and out of the event. This experience touched me in several ways; mainly because it showed me how many people struggle and continue to push through with this life-threatening disease. Learning how many people

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

Terry Fox, a name you’ve probably heard a lot. Just sitting in your class and doodling. Ever actually paid attention to who is Terry fox is? In this report you will learn a lot of facts about terry fox. Ps. not a ten page essay my teacher told me to write.

Cancer is deadly, and people should do everything in their power to help find a cure. There is not a single person on this earth that has not been affected by cancer. Ghandi said, ‘be the change you want to see in your world.” Everyone should choose to “be the change” and choose to be a hero, even if it’s for someone you do not know.

Bill Fox is charismatic, well-rounded, prime example of the extreme versatility and applicability of being a “writer” -- whether being a poet or a recording the Antarctic landscape or writing wine labels. To begin with, Bill Fox explained that one day he went to an art studio, saw a crazy piece of an atomic bomb blowing up, that was a visual cautionary tale of nuclear power -- he wrote a catalog essay, which led to an artist in Reno asking for one as well. So that’s the beginning and one snippet of Fox’s creative career.