Shawn Simons and Alvaro Llanos are extraordinary men. Together they faced tremendous obstacles in life and managed to overcome them and become the strong, courageous, survivors that they are today. It was January 19, 2000, when a fire (started by arsonists) tore through the freshman dormitory at Seton Hall University. Shawn and Alvaro were in their room sound asleep when Shawn woke up from the fire alarm going off. In the four months of college, the fire alarm went off every week.
In the story, fireman are no longer required to put out fires, instead they start them. Books are no longer allowed in Guy’s society and fireman are called to houses, where books are found, and directed to burn them down. In one chapter the alarm sounds at the firehouse and all the men end up at a house of an old lady; they had found books in her attic and were called to dispose of them. They get right to work coating the books in kerosene and trying to get the woman out of her house. Beatty, one of the other firemen starts to light a fire to destroy all the books.
Throughout Zac Unger’s memoir Working Fire the Making of a Fireman he struggles to find a place within the fire station and among coworkers. Unlike many of the fellow recruits who spent years preparing to become a firefighter, Unger an Ivy League grad simply responded to a bus stop ad. After realizing that most recruits were either former military, tradesmen or other firefighter’s kids Unger “Mostly I just stayed quite, tried to down play my existence. I figured if I could just make it through the academy without being called out as a fraud, I’d end up a firefighter like the rest of them”(Unger, 22-23). This distinction between Unger and the rest of the recruits was seen as something to be ashamed of, something to hide away.
I believe that Billy was the most heroic character in “Billy Budd” than Captain Vere. He was a man that did not argue or be mad even though he was forced on a naval ship. He was generally kind and was liked by other sailors. Even when Captain Vere made him be hang, he accepted the situation, and sacrifice himself for other problems that could happen if he was not punished. While in the other hand.
In “Forged by Fire” by Sharon M. Draper, Gerald, the main character in the story, grows into a brave man. In the beginning, Gerald starts a fire in his mom’s apartment. Gerald gets scared from the flames, sounds, and heat that he goes behind the couch to hide from the fire. After the fire, Gerald lives with his aunt. On Geralds’s 9th birthday, Gerald’s mom came to the house with a sister for Gerald, but he doesn’t want to see neither of the two.
What do you consider a hero? What do you consider a villain? Can someone be both a hero and a villain? Well in the realistic fiction novel The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton, there are two gangs, the greasers and the socs. The greasers are very loyal to each other, and they even treat each other like family, but there is this one character named Johnny Cade, who is pretty shy but could be a hero and a criminal.
As a firefighter, he is expected to put out fires. But in the novel, he is the one who starts the fires. As it states in the novel, “it was a pleasure to burn.” (#1). When it declares this in the novel, Ray Bradbury is talking about Montag and the other firefighters.
Dutch historian, Johan Huizinga once said, ¨It is impossible to strive for the heroic life. The title of hero is bestowed by the survivors upon the fallen, who themselves know nothing of heroism.¨ Johnny Cade, a boy with nothing more than a few friends, had hoisted himself to the top of society. His ability to stand in the face of danger and not even flinch was impeccable. For example, when Ponyboy was being drowned by the Socs, Johnny saved his friend (Ponyboy) from becoming shark-bait.
In “The Big Burn” by Timothy Egan, the story centers around the wildfire of 1910 and the people who were involved. Many people made sacrifices for the big fire. However, the sacrifice of Pulaski was the biggest and most frightening. Pulaski became a ranger at age forty and had several previous jobs as a firefighter, miner, and inventor. Pulaski was a great assistant since he helped each and every person at his own expense.
Brian, in this tragedy, finds help for his sister to seek medical attention. Her injuries from the burn were quite severe for a young aged and fragile child to be left unsupervised again. In any ordinary household, this logic is insipid for safety hazards. Due to Mrs. Walls’ believed that Jeannette was mature enough to cook for herself, she never put a physical barrier or a mental barrier that feared Jeannette to stay away from using the stove at a young age. As Walt Disney would say, to fulfill her needs of hunger, it was essential for her to learn how cook on the stove, despite her age and any obstacle that stood in the way of learning, growing, and becoming independent yet
In the novel The Outsiders, Johnny Cade is a hero because he protected people he cared for and people who were strangers. He cared for everyone and he had great inner strength. Heroes are people who protect others and who care about people other than themselves. Heroes are kind, humble, brave, caring, and confident. “A true hero isn’t measured by the size of his strength but by the size of his heart.”
Jesse Williams is someone I would consider to be a hero. Williams has many heroic qualities which include courage and persistence. To being with he shows courage by publicly speaking on the things he believes in. Whether he is talking about black equality or black women's empowerment it take some serious guts and determination to do so. This is an example of courage because it's not only hard to stand in front of thousands of people but it is scary, especially for people in today's society.
I remember when I was about ten, in the fifth grade, I came home one evening bored and started playing with paper. Paper that I eventually set on fire, that eventually set my trash can on fire, scared me to death, and got my butt whipped. In the book Black Boy by Richard Wright, Wright has many central messages and themes. One major motif was fire and its metaphors and uses in the book. Wright utilized fire to show his development educationally, religiously, and psychologically.
Finally, he thought positively when he was trying to build a fire. He remembered what his teacher said and knew that if he thought he could do it, it would happen. That is the final strategy I will be sharing with
Through the Story of Billy Budd Herman Melville shows the reader that logic overcomes morals as logical suppresses morals when dealing with Billy Budd. Melville throughout the story shows both moral and logical forces superseding each other but logic becomes the winner as Billy is found guilty. In society logic is the common thing to do and the logic of laws always win whether or not fair. Melville shows the unfairness of the world in how morals are not placed highly as they should be just as important as logic.
