130). By emphasizing the death of this man consistently throughout the chapter, it pin point the agony he felt once he killed basically a man who was not fit for war. Through the constant descriptions of the dead body, it shows the emotional truth behind the feeling of killing a human being and from that readers can understand the anguish of taking the life of another person. These soldiers also had to endure killing people “because they were embarrassed not to” and the men had to sacrifice themselves so “they died so as not to die of embarrassment” (21). In “The Things They Carried” chapter, O’Brien goes in to great detail to tell every little thing each soldier carried and a major thing they carried was the feeling of honor and to die a man.
Gilgamesh killed the monster and saved his friends life. William Wallace is more heroic character that Gilgamesh. William Wallace being the more heroic is because he fought an army along with the people who knew he was right about what he believed in. The fight for his freedom and his people’s freedom. Also, he fought for the revenge for his wife that they killed to get to him.
Some choose not to because of money or fame, but others choose to because of loyalty to America. Some know that they will not make it but they go anyway. They fought hard knowing that they were defending their country. It is a terrible shame that so many people died and continue to die protecting us. The bravest men and women go to war when the president calls for people.
They witnessed as their comrades were blatantly killed on the battlefield, but were forced to quickly move on and continue fighting. This was the same mentality as the WWI soldiers featured in the book “All Quiet on the Western Front” by Erich Remarque. However, in the true nature of these soldiers, they cared for and mourned over their fallen comrades. In addition, the soldiers of both wars didn’t join them because of the violence of it, but solely because it was their duty. They felt they needed to honor their country by serving in the wars.
This punishment wasn't because they stole, but because they did it carelessly and unskilfully. The harsh training continued through manhood. No Spartan was free to live as he wished. Their city was like a giant military camp. A man would do anything for Sparta, if he died during war it was seen as him dying for them.
The only way to have stopped the Nazis was with active resistance and with help from the larger forces of other countries. It is a shame it took all to long for any outside help to come. It is heartwarming to know that pieces of humanity still existed at this time and that some individuals willingly risked their lives to help save these people. I can the decision to fight back even though it usually resulted with death to themselves and others. This was the last choice most of the resistors ever made was when to die and to do it fighting.
He dies for his country, because he feels it is the right thing to do in order to save his people. If he dies, all his people are saved. If he lives, all his people die. King Leonidas’s decision to go to Thermopylae was wise. It had been foreseen that if he did not go to war then all the people in Lacedaemon would become subject
The Iliad is also another great epic story about a hero that fought his people. Achillies was great warrior that fought for his people but, more for himself. Achillies got word that his best friend was killed. That day Achillies didn’t go to fight. He felt terrible about it.
He contributed to the war so much that he was given a "Medal of Honor" for his deeds he did. Cody did not want to fight against the Native Americans but had to do it because he knew that settlement in the western lands would never and, so he joined the war. In the end the Native Americans lost their lands. This is also one reason he was called brave. As you can see Buffalo Bill is a very famous person.
Some people ... who take a stand against what they think is wrong ... get killed ... That’s true ... isn’t it? ... So, it follows, that to ask any human being to stand up against something that is cruel; or unjust; racist; or wicked - to ask someone to stand up against these things - is asking quite a lot ... Life is precious ... isn’t it? As human beings ... we hang onto life ... But many people give up their lives for others ... many people work tirelessly to end injustice - people like ................