The one that you would least expect. The hero is not the strongest, most attractive, richest one who puts himself before others, as Odysseus consistently does. An easy example of Odysseus’s lack of devotion to his men is Odysseus's time on Polyphemus's island, where many of his actions were cowardly and put his men in harms way. I believe that a heroic person is someone who does courageous things for the people that he loves and and is responsible for. An example of this is when Odysseus and his men are trapped in the Cyclopes’s cave, Odysseus says “Now came the time to toss for it: who ventured along with me?
Howard Roark should indeed be considered an example of Aristotle’s “proud man” for many examples. “The proud man, then, is an extreme in respect of the greatness of his claims, but a mean in respect of the rightness of them; for he claims what is accordance with his merits, while the others go to excess or fall short” (Nicomachean Ethics). This basically describes Roark a hundred percent in many ways. Roark doesn’t want to be like other people, he would rather like to live his life the way he would want to in The Fountainhead. In this book, Roark is portrayed as an outsider but in Aristotle’s eyes he is a proud man.
As seen in “A Hero Theory”, Joseph Campell believes that a hero should be someone “from whom something has been taken, who feels something is lacking from the normal experiences available or permitted to the members of his society” (Campell 14). He also mentions that a hero should be knowledgeable and different from those around him. In general, heroes are supposed to be incredibly strong, smart, witty, and charismatic. However, anyone with all of these qualities would have to be perfect, and everyone knows that perfection is impossible to create in a human being. Heroes do not have to be all of these things in order to be valiant.
Despite the fact readers may view McCandless as having possessed many characteristics of a tragic hero, such as his fate being greater than he deserved, ability to learn from mistakes, and representation of Transcendentalism, his journey proved them all wrong. McCandless was ignorant, lacked common sense, and did not truly live a transcendental lifestyle. Although the tragic death of Christopher McCandless portrays him as a tragic hero for those who believed in a transcendental lifestyle, closer examination on his personality and the decisions he made on his journey provides enough evidence to refute the perspective of McCandless’s heroism. Readers may view McCandless’s fate greater than he deserved, but his journey and fatal death proved he was simply ignorant, made poor decisions, and got what he deserved. One of his biggest mistakes was his lack of common sense.
Baba would not encourage Amir to pursue writing because he didn't see it as a masculine thing to do. Perhaps one of the most prevalent differences between Baba and Amir is the way they see Hassan. In many ways Baba sees him as the son Amir should have been. Hassan is athletic, hard working, and exceptionally loyal. Amir treats Hassan like an underling, someone who makes him feel better about himself.
He had performed tasks that were too arduous for the ‘common man’, but had also had shown some flaws. In this essay the previous questions will be answered. One must demonstrate bravery in order to be considered a hero. First, Odysseus clearly demonstrated bravery when he went off to fight in The Trojan War. He knew that he may have died, but he lead his men into battle anyway.
He shows his cowardly ways when he runs away from Achilles. The definition of an epic hero is a brave and noble character that is admired greatly. Although Hector may not be admired greatly from many people, he does show an immense amount of bravery throughout the ordeal with Achilles. While getting ready to fight Achilles, Hector becomes overwhelmed with
I personally define a hero as an individual who is selfless, brave, powerful, and willing to help others. In some ways, Gilgamesh and Enkidu reflect my idea of a hero. Being selfless means that one cares more about others than him/herself. Gilgamesh is the king of Uruk, and as a king, he should care a lot about his people, but in the story, he ignores his own people. Gilgamesh is described as “a tyrant,” a cruel and oppressive ruler.
The actions of both Baba and Amir are destructive but ultimately, the reader sees the good in Amir whereas Baba fails to atone. Thus Baba’s deeds are shown by Hosseini to be more detrimental to those around him than that of his illegitimate son. Kite runner highlights how Baba’s choices are not only damaging towards the people around him, but to Afghanistan as a whole. Baba presents himself as a “black and white” man as he lives the moral code that “there is only one sin….theft”. At the start, Baba is viewed by the community as a patriarch, however as the novel unfolds, the reader sees the many flaws in his character and the hypocrisy of his philosophy through his interactions with others.
However, he insults Poseidon because he didn’t say thanks to him. Poseidon curses him and tells him he will never see his home again. Odysseus faces many dangers and hardships throughout, The Odyssey, An epic poem by Homer. Odysseus is only a hero because he has both human weaknesses and super human strengths. Odysseus is a hero because he has human weakness to overcome which makes his heroism impressive.