His friend Beckendorf is the son of Hephaestus, god of mines and forges. Percy and Beckendorf are caught on a risky situation. They had landed on the Princess Andromeda to cut off Kronos’s head before he regenerates. However, they were caught in a trap. To save Percy, Beckendorf sacrifices his own life while Percy dives overboard.
Odysseus is a perfect example of a clever hero, Odysseus had to overcome a countless amount of obstacles throughout his journey, and Odysseus usually overcame those obstacles by using his cleverness. For example, when Odysseus and 12 of his men were inside a Cyclops’ cave, the Cyclops asked for Odysseus’ name, and Odysseus said that his name was nobody. Later in the story Odysseus and his men try to escape from the Cyclops by stabbing him in the eye with an oak tree branch. Afterwards, when the Cyclops calls for help and the other Cyclopes asked the Cyclops who stabbed him in the eye the Cyclops answered, “Nobody did this to me, Nobody stabbed me in the eye!” So Odysseus’ cleverness shows when he gave the Cyclops a fake name. Another example that shows Odysseus being a clever hero is when Odysseus and his men have to escape from the Cyclops.
Luke showed this when his aunt and uncle died. He remained calm and strong instead of turning to rage. Heroes such as Luke are very smart and when Luke devises a plan to dress up as Storm troopers to sneek past the guards and free the princess. Although Luke displays many great hero traits, he also has a bad one. He acts before he thinks such as when he raced after R2D2 and nearly got himself killed by the Sand People because of
Odysseus travels to the underworld, or hell as called which no man has ever done and come out alive to find the blind seer and find out how he can defeat Poseidon's obstacles. Another way he showed courage is by leaving his ears uncovered and hearing the siren song after he had himself lashed to the mast of the ship.He also climbs straight up a mountain to save his crew from the witch circe. Odysseus shows courage in the odyssey by not giving up on his crew when times looked like they were at their worst. For example when they were trapped by the Cyclops Odysseus came up with a plan and stayed calm in front of his men. Odysseus and his brave and courageous qualities can all sum up a theme that is occurring in Homers version of The Odyssey which is heroism.
One of the problems was him and his men being trapped in a cave with the Cyclops. When Odysseus stabbed the giant in the eye so they all could escape the cave he needed everyone to help him and be ready when the Cyclops got up (285-290). His act of heroicness and bravery created a better relationship between him and his men, because the men had to trust him to get through it. Another problem was facing the sirens. Odysseus sacrificed his safety so the men could control the ship without falling for the sirens, and dying (745-753).
Sigurd, on the other hand, needs decisive convincing by Regin, before he dares confront Fafnir. In several instances, the omnipotent god Odin advises Sigurd. Odin saves Sigurd from his sure to be demise, by telling him that he should dig several holes to contain Fafnir’s blood rather than a single hole; for if he doesn’t, he will drown from the dragon’s immense dispersion of blood. On the contrary, Ariadne, a simple human being, guides Theseus during his mission to rid the world of the Minotaur of Crete. She helped him by giving him a magic sword and a ball of thread so that he could easily find his way out of the perplexing labyrinth, after killing the beast.
What James Hurst is trying to get through to us is that the scarlet ibis badly hurts its wing, but despite that, the struggling bird pushes and tries to fly to the best of its ability, struggling, and knowing its hard work will end in failure. Even though the weak bird tries and tries to fly, it results in failure. Like the scarlet ibis, Doodle, one of the main characters in the story, wants to please his older brother, and be capable of doing normal things every other sibling does such as to swim, run, climb trees, and so on. Doodle also tries extremely hard, despite the fact that he was struggling with a weak heart; but he wants to please his older brother, someone he loves. It shows that sometimes, we will do anything if it is for someone we love.
Adults would say a heroic is a person who always willing to give a helping hand to people who are really needs it with his ability. He also a person who will stand up and fight for what is right every day. All of those, a heroic person has three qualities such as bravery, perseverance, and sacrifice. First of all, bravery is one of the most important qualities that a hero should have when he tries to save people live because a heroic without the bravery in himself, he achieve with nothing at the end and evil will able to win. He has to be confidently and bravery to face with dangers to help and save people successfully.
A very good example from the noel which portrays well his courage is this right here when he was talking to him brother about jem and scout. “ Right. But do you think I could face my children otherwise? You know what's going to happen as well as I do Jack, and I hope and pray I can get Jem and Scout thorough it without bitterness, and most of all, without catching Maycombs usual disease.” Now as you can see, Aticus already knew things would get ugly if he decided to defend Tom Robinson in the court case and yet he still took the case anyway. Atticus did not continue with the case simply out of bravery, he continued with the case because it was the right thing to do.
I feel that being a hero is having the willingness to make a personal sacrifice for the benefit of others. A hero is a person who doesn’t expect something out of the heroic deed, and they don’t need fame or media to honor them. Christopher Reeve, known as Superman to many, exemplified these traits, and lived the definition of a true hero. On the screen he was pictured as invincible when in his own life he fought for his own survival. He exhibited grace and strength while showing selflessness in order to help those that were facing similar circumstances.