Warrior: A Fictional Narrative

Quite a daunting read, The Warrior Ethos by retired Marine Steven Pressfield, is a short, non-fiction book based off of the Warrior Ethos of the Ancient Spartan People. Although it is not probable that there will be another organization that comes remotely close to comparing to the Spartans, this book does serve as a good leadership tool for men and women who serve, but also for non-military members who are looking to upheld a set of values to enhance the purpose they're fighting for.

So two invisible teams are now pitted against one another. The thought is mind boggling to Hunter. He can see himself moving across the floor but nothing else as small whistles of air whiz by him. One of his protectors falls out killed he can only sense that until through the chaos he sees a puddle of blood forming in mid air then dropping to the floor. The others hurry scrambling outside the air blows the trees all around whipping the branches. There are helicopters in the area but aren’t making any sounds. It is a surreal battle totally silent and totally undetectable to the naked eye.

The author, Sam Keen in his essay; The Rite of War and the Warrior Psyche, argues the view of the warrior psyche, which has forged males to “protect, kill, and even die for others.”(335) every time there is a conflict there is a need to have to the warrior psyche, to combat the conflict. The “warrior psyche” (Keen 335) is the deep internal and external resistance being combated by the human body. When the conflict came from activities such as sports or others ways such as academics, the internal warrior was needed. Also the warrior psyche is not biological but a social condition affected by what the current society needed the warriors to be.

I charged forward, pushing my way through the other warriors. I clenched my teeth and growled as hard as I could, trying to send fearless vibes. On the inside I am terrified- why in Helheim would I ever sign up to do this, what if I don’t make it home to my family? Or worse… what if I get captured and tortured?

“Well, I’m gonna give it a tiny no,” I said, and I walked away, rolling my eyes, heading to my room.

According to the author, Shannon E. French, it’s important for troops to learn the true meaning of a warrior ethos in order for them to differentiate themselves between a warrior and a murder in order to ensure that they can return back home with self-respect rather than guilt. Learning the true meaning of a warrior’s ethos is important because it sets definite limits on what a solder can and cannot do in order to remain a warrior and not become a warrior during war. A warrior’s ethos, according to French, consists of military values and only they can set themselves aside from murders by accepting “a set of rules governing when and how to kill” and should a solder/warrior not accept these sets of rules mandated by their society, they can become

We grow up with stories told to us by our parents, our grandparents, sisters or brothers, and friends. Stories of love, of tragedy, stories that convey warnings, or some other moral or truth. There are even stories we tell others, but aren't sure how we learned them. Then there are the stories that we read as we grow older, and the stories we watch on television. Whether realized or not, the stories we read and see bear similarities to the stories we were learned as children. They reveal the same moral, give a warning not to make a particular mistake, or speak of the same type of love. Sometimes stories even follow the same plot as other narratives. Psychologist Carl G. Jung asserted that there are recurring “archetypes”

She rubbed his hand. “I guess it was a bit unfair. But I just wanted to beat you at something.”

So school was a flop. I figured everybody would ignore me since I was the new kid. I guess this school likes picking on newbies. Worst first day ever. Figured if i’m going to live with Cora for a while might as well make the best of it. “Hey Cora. I don’t think I made a good first impression. Can I start over?” I asked.

The freedom to run in any direction. The ability to jump over any obstacle. The strength to climb to any heights. The style to make it all look impressive in the end. Parkour, free-running, being so insane as to jump from heights more than twice as high as myself, looking like an idiot and climbing on things when I obviously shouldn’t… Whatever you want to brand it as, I call it fun.

I sat down at the computer in my house upstairs, the very computer still up there that I still make books on. Orange and red leaves were scattered aimlessly across the green and brown grass. It was right after the school day. Just the beginning of the final year at Fairfield Elementary, and already I was typing a book. What to call it? I had already planned it out while jumping on my trampoline. I typed on Word, size twenty, Calibri: Wolves of War book 1: The Wolf of Greatness.

Obeying, Okori raised her club, but every time she lashed out at him, he’d move out of the way and counter with a blow of his own. The bruises his club left showed immediately. Tears swam in her eyes. Still, he forced her to continue, forced her to endure miss after miss, to absorb blow after blow.

Your word's and threat's were nothing new, but I am still afraid. To be next a rope or a knife. To many times you pulled your superiority you did not expect the lash back you felt threatened on that last battle didn't you? so quickly you reacted by grabbing my throat but I gave you a gift that you helped create. Now I ask you how does my spit taste.? Now that there is nothing left of you in life, but even gone you are the demon who is alive and well in my dreams.

There’s many movies/stories that has perfect plot twisters and life lesson morals and etc. in them. I believe both of them are great examples. The movie “The Warrior” and the fable “The Tortoise and The Hare” were similar and different in many ways. Between these two stories you can compare and contrast several things . But I think the important points to compare and contrast are the plot , setting & the lesson/moral in each. These points are important because it explains the movie and situation more. And It helps the audience understand what’s going on and how.

In the beginning of time, the only things that existed were spirit gods, their homes, and air. The head spirit god was the Warrior Spirit. The Warrior Spirit grew very lonely, because he lived above all the other spirits on an air cloud. He began to wonder what it was like to be like all of the other spirits below him. As a solution to this, he decided to go visit the Earth Spirit and her planet the next day. However, he decided that he would disguise himself so that all of the other spirits that existed would not treat him differently. Thinking to himself he decided he needed to be a creature none of the gods had ever seen before, otherwise they may question his true identity. That night he molded pieces of the armor he usually wore into a