Modern heroes

the best heroes are ordinary people who make themselves extraordinary”. This quote means that someone does not need to be a superhero and have special powers to be a hero. Heroes are people who do amazing things with what traits they possess. Heroes are extremely common in books, movies, and comics. In today's society, heroes could be anyone from doctors to soldiers. Clearly, in the book “The Outsiders” by S.E. Hinton, Darry Curtis and Dallas Winston both can be considered heroes. A hero is

The tendency for us to want of need heroes and villains impacts us dramatically in a number of ways. Firstly, the heroes that we have, especially as children, do affect us dramatically in our behaviour towards others and views on ourselves. One of the major problems with this is that we don't choose the right people to idolised a lot of the time, which in turn reflects on our societal values needing to be deeply questioned. Take a sports star, for example. A huge number of children will grow up having

Ancient heroes are important to our understanding of modern heroes because they helped shape our heroes today. This can be seen because Cesar Chavez also completed hero tasks that were done in ancient times. This can also be seen because our modern day heroes reflect back to the ancient ones for a example. The ancient heroes help show what modern days hero would be like. If our ancient heroes helped shape our modern day heroes than it is possible that our modern day heroes will affect the heroes that

person who has the courage or confidence to take a stand, but many people may consider a person with superpowers a hero as well. Heroes can come from many different places; they also come in a variety of shapes, colors, and sizes. All heroes have their own abilities and ways they cope with a situation. Both Beowulf and modern heroes of today are great examples of heroes, but Beowulf has a greater amount of strength, confidence, and a better purpose for what he does. Mahatma Gandhi once said

Heroes come in all shapes and sizes What makes someone a hero? When hearing the word hero, people always imagine different things. Some may think of a superhero such as Spiderman or Batman or even Superman. While some people may imagine a stranger who showed bravery in a time of need or someone who takes their time every day devoting themselves to helping others. However, many people do not imagine the tragic heroes Macbeth and Hamlet. One might think that Superman and Hamlet are opposites and share

For me, my modern day hero is my dad, Daniel. My dad is 45 years old, he has four children: me, Bruno, Carolina, and Pedro, and he is a doctor who has a medical clinic. Nowadays, being a hero is being someone who, in the opinion of others, has special achievements, abilities, or personal qualities and is regarded as a role model or ideal. I choose my father as my modern day hero because for me, for my hole family and for all his patients, he is all of that. My dad is worth this title of hero because

the greatest heroes of English literature, descended from gods or a slayer of devils. Also, simply known as Achilles son of Greek Goddess Thetis and Beowulf slayer of monsters and Grendel. These are our heroes from the past, but what about modern day heroes? Modern day life the word hero doesn’t truly exist according to some sources. “The natural goodness of hero-worship has been twisted” (Scheske) The author believes that they’re no true heroes anymore but instead we have pseudo heroes who do what

What is a modern day hero and how do they hide themselves in everyday life with the rest of the world? Modern day heroes do an amazing job at blending in with society by disguising themselves as “Unknown Civilians” (W.H Audon) who partake in everyday life. These heroes use their strength for the greater good by working hard in society and finding jobs that need someone willing to work their body into the ground. Along with everything else, these hidden gems are amazing family members who are always

Although when most hear the phrase modern hero they primarily imagine heroes from today’s time; however, that does not mean ancient heroes, such as Beowulf and Dante the Pilgrim, are unable to display the same traits as today’s heroes. The most common traits among modern heroes consist of people who are capable of some sort of supernatural ability that separates them from everyone else, selflessness or generosity, and courageousness. These traits are portrayed by the main characters of both Dante’s

Heroes That Change Our World It is often supposed that heroes only do heroic deeds for fame, but in reality, Greek heroes are similar to modern-day heroes because each hero has a sense of courage and has the willingness of doing the right thing which leads them to achieve great deeds. To begin with, Greek heroes, such as Hercules, always have to face challenging obstacles. After Hercules kills his wife and children, Hercules tries to purify himself by completing “The tasks Eurystheus gave