The Heroic Qualities Of Bo Jackson As An Epic Hero

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Bo Jackson is considered one of the best athletes of all time, and epic hero of the modern era. He resembles a great warrior in the sense of strength and courage not pertaining to combat in war but combat of the football field or baseball diamond. He has been regarded to a great standing in two major league sports and has proved her versatility in all aspects of athletics. He is an epic hero based on his capabilities of great strength/courage, his regard as a national hero, and his humility for his accomplishments. First off, his raw capabilities are not in the ball park literally and figuratively as a common person. Beginning with his professional home run record of 141 while not properly finishing his career or reserving all of his efforts to …show more content…

He was regarded as the best athlete of his time and with the Nike campaign every child across America wanted to be as great as Bo Jackson and every aspiring athlete wanted to beat him. Yet through it all he continued to keep humility and did not state his greatness to anyone below him or competing with him. His talents were something that was just known, he did have the need to constantly reiterate what he could do because his actions would speak louder than his words. Weather he was regarded as a humble man because he himself knew how great he was and there was no need to say it explains this “humble” title or because he really just focused on the sport he loved. I can confidently say based on information from the movie and his downplay of his athletic accomplishments is that he really just played those sports based on the love of the game. He was not in the business to make the most money possible but to do something with his life that he could execute with expertise all while being something he enjoyed. Concluding his last role of an epic hero as a humble man regarding his