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    During an interview with a magazine, Joss Whedon, an American screenwriter, once said, “The thing about a hero, is even when it doesn’t look like there’s a light at the end of the tunnel, he’s going to keep digging, he’s going to keep trying to do right and make up for what’s gone before, just because that’s who he is.” A hero is not someone who wears a cape and tights with incredible powers that can assist them in saving the world, but a person who never gives up and tries their best to make as

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    Superman but the truth is that anyone can be a hero. The true definition of a hero is someone who is idolized or looked up to for his or her own accomplishments or traits. There are many examples of real life heroes and folktale heroes told throughout the world. One example would be folktale story Joe Magarac who worked in an iron ore mine. Another example would be male Sheldon Smith who created a program dedicated to helping young African American teenagers learn how to be a man and take care of

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    What defines an American Hero? Is it the way a person acts, or the way they dress? Is it the way they think, or the actions they make? The answer is quite simple. According to www.dictionary.com, an American Hero is “a person noted for courageous acts or nobility of character.” In different contexts, this could mean something else, but referring to an American Hero, this means that a person had been noted for contributing an act of courageousness to America. John Brown grew up in an average family

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    plans to continue the story into other Arthurian movies. The synopsis of the movie reads “Robbed of his birthright, Arthur comes up the hard way in the back alleys of the city. But once he pulls the sword from the stone, he is forced to acknowledge his true legacy—whether he likes it or not” (“King”). Curiously, the cast listing on IMDB does not list the standard characters one would think Arthur would have. For example, neither Guinevere nor Merlin is listed in the casting of the film, and many of the

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    What makes an American hero? Is it someone who created a super market? Or is it someone who led this country in a civil war? Is it someone who gave their life to make sure this country was free? To me an American hero is someone who risked her life to free her people. To me an American hero is someone who wanted freedom so bad, she defied the odds and helped make it happen. To me Harriet Tubman is an American hero. Her true name was Araminta but she changed it to Harriet, her mother’s name, after

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    American Sniper: An Archetypal Analysis The movie American sniper is produced by Bradley Cooper, Clint Eastwood, Peter Morgan, Robert Lorenz, Andrew Lazar. American Sniper was released in 2014, and America feels sympathy for this unfortunately true story. American sniper is about a Navy S.E.A.L, Chris Kyle, who is played by award winning Bradley Cooper. Chris Kyles is a confirmed sniper legend, taking on four tours in Iraq to protect his comrades. He faces much internal conflict in this time period

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    Ruby Bridges As A Hero

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    When you start a new trail equipped with courage, strength, and conviction, the only thing that can stop you is you!” This quotation shows Ruby Bridges is a hero from the pure heart and not just one on the outside. Ruby is one of the best children activists in US history(in my opinion and probably others too). She was a person who was a hero to everyone except racists people. She can relate and can’t relate to “Percy Jackson the Lightning Thief” when Percy saves the world from the 3 dominant gods

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    In "The Thematic Paradigm", Robert Ray explains how there are two distinctly different heroes, the outlaw hero and the official hero. The official hero embraces common values and traditional beliefs, while the outlaw has a clear sense of right and wrong but operates above the law (Ray). Ray explains how the role of an outlaw hero has many traits. "The attractiveness of the outlaw hero's childishness and propensity to whims, tantrums, and emotional decisions derived

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    of Ivy). The greater good is a concept that Thomas Fowler, the protagonist of “The Quiet American”, uses to justify his part in the murder of an innocent man. Thomas Fowler embodies none of the qualities typically assigned to an protagonist, being a man whose failings from being an adulterer, an opium addict, and ultimately a murderer by choice that draws him into the defined role of the anti-hero. The anti-hero in a story, like Fowler, is branded by the imperfect, and experienced nature whose flaws

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    Conquest there was one person that stood out with a vision to help people. He is most know today as the hero of the Native Americans, his name is Bartolome de las Casas. He is most known for his countless effort to try and help the uprising against the Spaniards, he would write crude letters to try and help the people in the New World. He can be known as the 1st defender of the native Americans. This letters he wrote would end up being one of the only thing that allows to look back at the accounts

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