Hero’s are defined as couragus, selflessness, humility, Patience, and caring. In the Odyssey, Odysseus very well demonstrated as these adjectivies , from killing thousands of men to having a delightful dinner with the three men in his family. Heroicism can be both a physical engaging action as well as a quite caring action. One is as heroic as the other. In ancient Greek philosphy, hero were defined a masculine charater who conciseted of no flaws. Odysseus is a very good representation of a “Greek hero”. In today’s society hero could even be used in a sports game. As my character in the story will be heroic in a completely different way of Odysseus. Although some actions could be more heroic than others it does not be mean small actions are not an act of heroicism.
It was a knarling morning when I woke up. My stomach rumbles from the three cans of red bull and the Del Taco I had the previous night,and my eyes would not stay open from the two hours of sleep I had from playing video games and starting an essay due the next morning. Realizing I have a game I did everything I can to get the sensation out of my stomach. I tried everything, from drinking obsurd teas to going on ask.com. Not showing up to the game was not an option considering we only had nine players. On this
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I never seen him smile. He didn’t have a big grinn like he was telling me you were the best best player, more so of a small smirk telling me that I didn’t fail. The car ride back was the best ride back. It was very similar ot a party bus and only saw smiles. When I got home My mom, dad, and I sat in our dinning table and had a deligtful dinner. This incidence taught me an important lesson. A small effect in life is not big unless you make it. While my life may not be as dramatic as Odysseus, we potrayed the same messages. This allowed me realize an important message I was not able to grasp for a long time and still many aduilts do