The Swollen Fox, The Hen And The Golden Egg, And Every Hero

Roxane Gay’s essay explores the topic of triggers and why they may not be as useful as people will like to think. Because of Gay’s topic choice, her essay is a work of non-fiction. It uses Gay’s own experiences and thoughts to educate the audience of her stance on triggers and why she thinks that. She also uses a variety of metaphors, analogies, and real life examples to persuade her audience.

As time goes on and new generations come about, many of the ideals of former generations seem to become irrelevant. Scott LaBarge, a professor of philosophy, elaborates on this idea and others in his essay. “Why Heroes Are Important” is LaBarge’s pursuit to persuade others of his idea of heroes in today’s society. He claims that many of our youth do not know what a proper hero is and that former generations should be educating them. LaBarge begins his persuasion by describing his personal experience and credibility; then, he briefly describes the history of heroes to tie in his opinion on the definition; finally, he uses Aristotle’s idea of Kairos to explain how his opinion proves true according to current events.

Trigger warnings are used to alert people of topics that may cause emotional stress or bring back a past trauma. They are usually seen before showing graphic material such as rape, abuse, violence, war, etc. so that people sensitive to the material can refrain from watching. Greg Lukianoff and Jonathan Haidt discuss the negative effects trigger warnings seem to be having on college campuses and the mental health of students in their article, “The Coddling of the American Mind”, going into detail about how avoiding certain subject material because it “offends” some people creates a poor learning environment and restricts thinking. Aaron Hanlon responds to this article with his own, “The Trigger Warning Myth”, arguing that there is no way trigger warnings are the cause of this mental instability. Both agree that emotional coddling can be detrimental to a student’s mental health, although Hanlon thinks there is no emotional coddling involved in trigger warnings. To make the argument that trigger warnings are forced upon teachers and cause more harm than protection to students, Lukianoff and Haidt must believe that the students ultimately hold the power in the classroom setting but are also narrow-minded. Hanlon, contrarily, assumes that teachers are the head of the classroom and that students are open minded to things that may make them question their beliefs and the beliefs of those around them.

Heroes in the 1900’s “The righteous among the Nations are defined as those few who risked their lives to help Jews.” One may feel much gratitude toward all of the people who risked their lives because not many people would but someones elses life before theirs. To be a hero means to help somebody without expecting anything in return. Examples of heroes are Irena Sendler, Gino Bartali, and Albert Goering even though he didn’t get acknowledged for what he did.

This theme is relevant to today because there are so may internal problems so easily shown today like depression, anxiety, and things like mental illnesses because they have now become more common and more understandable to one’s self. This theme is also very relevant to teenagers because a lot of people think that they are just doing things because they feel this or that but don’t actually take in how much the tiny things and big things still have an effect on people. Teenagers do have more hormones and most of the time stress causes overthinking in all ages so that contributes to their conflicts more therefore the way they are feeling and what’s going around them most certainly effects them and can cause bigger affects then more people realize. When someone is put down a certain word or a certain phrase can become a trigger or if they are feeling some way and something even slight happens to them they can develop a trigger. I personally have seen how triggered affect people and it’s not always great. During a trigger, some people go into panic and they feel like they can barely breathe. It’s hard to calm them down once they are at a certain point; people don’t really think about the effects of things when they are mad or angry and let something slide that they didn’t mean to. iIt’s hard for teens now a days to understand that because understanding takes time. You don’t just

As students amass themselves into the hallowed halls of universities all over the country, two essays discuss how a modern phenomenon will impact their environment. Greg Lukianoff and Jonathan Haidt co-wrote the extensive "The coddling of the American Mind", a cover story for the Atlantic September 2015 issue, while Aaron R. Hanlon wrote a response essay with the New Republic, "The Trigger Warning Myth", shortly after. Lukianoff and Haiot define trigger warnings, as "alerts that professors are expected to issue if something in a course might cause strong emotional response" (Lukianoff/Haidt , 2) and view them as negative influences on both mental health and curriculum. While Hanlon on the other hand views trigger warnings as a method to prepare students to a subject they might not necessarily be comfortable with unless given proper forewarning and that this is not a new phenomenon. Theses perspectives, although different, discuss how political correctness; in form of censorship derived from trigger warnings, can lead to changes in curriculum and classroom activity that in turn effect the student 's population 's psyche.

As a result, trigger leave the generations after generations with less information and more rules to remember. Trigger warnings leave a negative effect on the academic freedom to society and teachers in the classroom.

The Western genre can be a variety of works, including texts and films, which are set in the American Old West during the latter half of the nineteenth century. This genre primarily focuses on the life of a cowboy with gunfights, a good guy and a bad guy, and the usually ending of riding off into the sunset. The common misconception that is shown throughout the Western genre is that the male characters are always the hero, whereas the female characters are impediments and less valuable. This relates to Susan Lee Johnson’s quote on how the Western genre always portrays One Big Myth and One True Hero. She states that “Much is held in abeyance when {the} impulse to find One Big Myth and to indentify its One True Hero is indulged.” Johnson

Triggers play a large part in our lives. What are triggers? Triggers are words or subjects that prompt a reaction to their actions. Triggers are considered taboo, and one’s views on them are subjective. Words have always held power, however, one must remember that a word or idea only has power if the listener relents to it. Triggers are sensitive material that can daunt or offend people, and therefore silenced. But what if the silence only lets those words cry out louder. What if by extinguishing the flames, we inadvertently allow them to blaze brighter? To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee, contains many triggers. As a consequence, the book as been deemed inappropriate for middle

A possible theme for Oedipus the King by Sophocles is that one’s blindness can hide the inevitability that is his destiny. Oedipus is in this situation. He struggles to escape his fate: killing his father and marrying his mother and believes he is successful. Sophocles believes that the gpds control one’s destiny and the inevitability that a person will do what is destined despite there hero’s intentions.Oedipus represent the standards of a true tragic hero: he is well known, basically good, his punishment is out of proportion compared to his crime, the audience at some point feels sorrow and pity for him, and Oedipus has a tragic flaw. During the whole story Oedipus thinks that he may be able to change his fate a live life how he wants but he falls to that which is his destiny.For these reason Oedipus is truly an example of a tragic hero and is unable to avoid his tragic fate.

After reading through several essays that failed to capture my attention I stumbled across the “The Virtues of the Quiet Hero” an essay on the rare act of kindness from a Vietnamese prison guard and how that impacted the author. I realized that the typical view of what we consider a hero might be a little misguided. What usually comes to mind when you think of the word hero? Most often it is Superman or Iron Man someone who can save the world in one awe-inspiring act. But is that all there is to being a hero? Just wearing a fancy outfit and having the ability to defy gravity. I don’t think so, there is something that is far deeper than that something that might be missed at the first glance because a hero does not seek glory but leads the type

Both of the heroes from each narrative face a certain goal to accomplish yet struggle in life at first in their own personal ways. For instance, in Tomorrowland Casey Newton, playing the role as the main character in the story and also playing the hero figure faces the challenge of reaching another dimension called Tomorrowland and also faces living with her father who is struggling with the fact that he might lose his job. And in the film Meet the Robinsons Lewis the main character and the films hero as well struggles to find a family that will love and care for him deeply. He also ponders the reason why his family had abandoned him. Each hero from both narratives struggle in life in their own personal ways. As stated in the narrative

Trigger warnings have become a very pending and current issue with many students, as they are currently included in most college syllabi. Recently many professors have been adding such announcements to the beginning of their coursework outlines, and by doing so students are given a more accurate understanding of what the curriculum entails. They can help one avoid suffering from trauma including anxiety attacks, nightmares, and PTSD attacks, but it can also be argued that they continue the bad habit of coddling that many millennials grew up with and are accused of expecting as they enter the real world. Before examining how essential these trigger warnings are, one must first understand exactly what a trigger warning is.

Fyodor Dostoyevsky’s Notes from the Underground (1864/2008) comes across as a diary penned by a self-described “spiteful” and “unattractive” anonymous narrator (p. 7). The narrator’s own self-loathing characterized by self-alienation is so obvious, that he is often referred to by critics as the Underground Man (Frank 1961, p. 1). Yet this Underground Man is the central character of Dostoyevsky’s novel and represents a subversion of the typical courageous hero. In this regard, the Underground man is an anti-hero, since as a protagonist he not only challenges the typical literary version of a hero, but also challenges conventional thinking (Brombert 1999, p. 1).

What exactly is a hero? A common pedestrian might say a hero is someone who goes out of their way to help people. A child may say that a hero is someone who performs valiant deeds. Merriam-Webster Dictionary itself has 3 definitions of a hero: “a person who is admired for great or brave deeds or acts,” “a person who is greatly admired” and “the chief male [or female] in a story, play, movie etc.” (Merriam Webster Dictionary). In a literary situation, a hero is defined as one with certain traits that follows the epic hero cycle. The epic hero cycle is a common literary tool used throughout the ages in famous epics, such as The Iliad and The Odyssey. It follows a simple pattern; a strong person, usually male and of noble birth, journeys on a long and treacherous quest, encountering many mythical beings along the way, and usually hitting a snag before their victory. John Milton’s Paradise Lost follows the exact same pattern, except with a character no one would expect: Satan. Satan exhibits many of the traits an epic hero while at the same time following the traditional epic cycle. Although he is not seen as a hero by many, Satan is indisputably the hero of Paradise Lost who follows the epic cycle down to the last detail: he is a powerful supernatural being of noble birth that is tasked with a long and treacherous quest and tested within that quest before his victory.