Hero and a Saint

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Hum 101 Written Assignment 1 “There is a significant difference between the kind of story that is told about heroes and the kind of story that is told about saints. The heroes always make a decisive intervention at a moment when things are looking like they could all go badly wrong. The hero steps up and makes everything turn out right. In other words, the hero is always at the center of the story. By contrast, the saint is not necessarily a crucial character. The saint may be almost invisible, easily missed, quickly forgotten. The hero’s story is always about the hero. The saint is always at the periphery of a story that is really about God. …The hero’s story is told to celebrate the virtues of the hero. The hero’ strength, courage, wisdom, or great timing: such are the qualities on which the hero’s decisive intervention rests. By contrast the saint may not be strong, brave, clever, or opportunistic. But the saint is faithful [consider the hall of faith in Hebrews 11]. The story of the hero is told to rejoice in valor. The story of the saint is told to celebrate faith. (Wells, S. 2004 Improvisation p43.) After listening to both lectures, my understanding of these terms are ; Saints do what we won’t want to do; deny themselves, fight their natural urges and live in adversity rather than conquering it. Saints are almost always formed in marginalized situations where their best gifts are dismissed or unrecognized and this causes them to do what the situation demands of them by faith and patience. A hero does what we all feel like doing; rescuing, fighting, winning, and conquering. As Professor Ambrosio made mention, heroes are formed by the human struggles, alone with Honor and self-esteem in his achievements. Humans are seen as masters of their own destiny which provides a crucial factor that separates saints from heroes. A very good example is in the story of

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