What made Achilles such an honorable hero was the fact that he fought for his own pride, not the desire to conquer the war. Although throughout the war, Achilles character flaws impede his ability to fight and act with integrity. His insurmountable rage is the epitome of these flaws, showing vibrantly through his rage for Agamemnon and ultimately destroying his integrity. His never ending lust for glory is the reason why his rage surmounts from a poisoned pride, which is his real Achilles’ heel. This arrogance leads him to becoming slightly obsessed with retaining his pride and not letting anyone slight his bravado.
It is kind of cool because he left at a young age it doesn’t mean I want to leave at a young age, but it’s cool for him. The war that he went to was the Trojan war he basically made the war but not like that, he basically came up with the idea. In mythology version he is like MLK of it. Another thing that makes him an epic hero is he is a leader, all epic heros are leaders, not followers. "No god.
O. Henry adds an ironic plot twist to the end of his short story “The Ransom of Red Chief” by turning the expectations of the audience around by making them feel sorry for the kidnappers, and not the so-called victim. The kidnappers, Sam and Bill, originally planned a kidnapping to receive money for a child named Johnny. The child turns out mischievous and troublesome to the point that he drives Bill and Sam crazy. The boy calls himself Red Chief and enjoys the adventure of camping out in the cave and staying away from home. Red Chief practically controls his captors and enjoys himself immensely.
At one point in the Odyssey, the hero makes the decision to enter the cave of a cyclops despite his crews objections. His pride causes him to ignore his shipmates and it ends up getting him into so much trouble that it makes the cyclops' father, the god of the sea, furious. Since most of Odysseus's journey is made by the sea, this gave the sea god a chance to cause even more trouble for the hero and his crew. Kevin also showed his little streak of pride which gets him into trouble too. When Gary David relayed Gary's message to Kevin about being careful driving the truck over a rut, Kevin responds by hitting the gas as soon as they approached it.
Odysseus had many chances where he could have been given great glory but would just let other’s have the glory. Odysseus solved many problems while on his epic quest in the Odyssey where he had to use his knowledge and wisdom to save his shipmates. Although these small little adventures were not helping Greece to much Odysseus was able to stop others from getting hurt if they ever have to meet these terrible creatures and scenarios which helps Greek’s even a little. This just shows how when he isn’t even trying to stamp himself in history he does it
He carried out the plan anyway, showed his bravery and put aside his fears. Odysseus had to go through twenty years of turmoil before he could get home to his beloved Penelope and son, Telemachus. “Now shrugging off his rags the wiliest fighter of the islands leapt and stood on the broad door still, his own bow in his hand. (Homer, 22. 231-233).
To me this is absolutely true. Why should we spend our time fearing the inevitable? We are given only a few short years to experience the world, friendships, loves, and losses. Even the bad experiences teach us to appreciate the good ones. This doesn’t mean we should all go out and be terrible people just so we will appreciate our good experiences, but rather that we should learn from our mistakes.
Challengers article explains first that one of the easiest and most widely used signs of determining whether a person is capable of a job is his or her grammar. Misspelling and using poor grammatical mistakes can usually result in those letters of acceptance or applications being put into the “no” pile. The people who make these decisions usually relate them to the person having poor communication skills and someone who doesn’t pay attention to detail. Those seeking careers in writing and verbal communications are rare these days so people feel that it is not important to keep up with correct grammar. He talks a lot about this thing called nontraditional grammar which in younger generations the content of the message was far more important than the actual structure of what the message needed to say.
--W.C. Sellar and R.J. Yeatman A teacher should have maximal authority and minimal power. -- Thomas S. Szasz A professor is one who talks in someone else’s sleep. --W.H. Auden One of the main truths of all education is that if the young are not always right, the old are always wrong. -- R.H. Tawney The splendid thing about education is that everyone wants it.
It is a skill that a successful high school student must have. If one is not motivated, it will be very difficult for one to excel in the subject that one is learning. Motivation helps a person to learn even when he or she does not like the subject because that person is keeping a positive attitude at learning, and being committed into excelling in that subject. It is very difficult to learn when one is angry or in a bad mood. Important knowledge given by teachers just doesn’t go into the brain as fast as when someone is in a good mood.