I don 't think George Ellsworth from the article, "Act Of A Hero" is a hero considering that during the story he didn’t complete all the steps of the hero cycle. In the article he didn’t have a trial which is a set of challenges to test a leader or did he have a change in personality which is where the leader and the group worked together to escape. He also didn’t have a final challenge which, therefore classifies him as not a hero. Another reason he is not a hero in my perspective is when he got to the trapped children and made no attempt nor effort to try and save them, whereas he eagerly backed away from the children when he heard the sirens from the fire trucks and was relieved that "he was no longer forced to make a decision" which was
Edward William Bloor was born on October 12, 1950 in Trenton, New Jersey (Breed). His parents were Edward William and Mary Bloor (Breed). As a child, Bloor would write plays and stories as he had been intrigued by writing at a young age (“Edward Bloor Biography”). In his childhood, he played on the Ideal Terminal soccer team, but was never very good (Bloor 308). Then, he played on his amazing high school soccer team and in college, on a really bad team (Breed).
Once character that the author uses to develop the theme is Paul’s parents. It is first mentioned on page 39, where the Paul thinks to himself, “I used to tell people that I once stared too long at a solar eclipse.
In chapter two, we see Paul reminiscing over his poems and plays that he wrote abundantly while at home. Paul and the other soldiers have lost their zeal and human need for curiosity and growth as a person. When out on the front, the risk of them dying is high and survival is of utmost priority. The men are currently living at the bottom of Maslow’s hierarchy of needs, a psychological theory, in the Physiological section. This means that the top priorities of the men are eating, sleeping, and basic bodily functions while they did not spend time or energy focusing on meeting their personal potential or “self-actualization”, which is at the top of the pyramid.
After that, the squad goes to an observation post where many of the chapters are set, and where Paul Berlin takes watch in order to sort out his thoughts of the past, present, and future. In between the first chapter and the last is Paul telling the story of what could have happened if they had kept going, flashbacks of what he is willing to admit to himself at a given time, and himself in the observation post reflecting on the rest of his thoughts. Throughout the book O'Brien uses many allusions, similarities between flashbacks and his 'future', and Paul’s fear to illustrate that Paul creates a 'dream world' to conquer his fear and to face the decision every soldier faces: to stay or desert. First, O’Brien has Paul allude to many well-known fairy tales because Paul creates a story in his mind to fabricate a potential future. For example, an allusion to Alice in Wonderland is made when Paul, the squad, a refugee, and the refugee’s aunts fall down a hole.
One example of the theme showed in the book is when Joe Small and fifty other men stood up and refused to load ammunition. This showed the theme standing up for your beliefs they knew that they could die by doing it so they stood up. The text states “Small was determined to stick it out too. “Improve
Just based on the theme it could mean that someone in the book was being heroic and it lead to them going to or did die being a hero. An example of using this theme in real life is, firefighters each day risk their lives to save people from burning buildings. According to Firehousenews.com, about 100 firefighters die each year being a hero. This means that trying to save something/someone
That’s everybody! Let’s get out of here!’ (Pg. 82)” Paul doesn’t even know these kids and yet he still continues to risk his own life to help them. They got everyone out of the hole just in time, if they waited to help, some kids could of died.
Throughout the story Paul shows that he cares about his comrades by protecting them from the dangers of war, and he also displays that he will guide them in war. Paul uses his skills of intelligence to guide his team in the trenches and at the front, and he passes on his knowledge and tricks of war to the new recruits. Not many soldiers have all of these qualities, which makes Paul stand out more than his comrades. Even today some men don't express the passion and leadership Paul shows in All Quiet on the Western Front, which brings up the fact that the war needs more men like Paul. To sum up, Paul is an honest and true man who will always be there for his comrades when needed, and he is a man the troops are proud to say is a patriotic
Scott LaBarge’s essay “Heroes: Why Heroes are Important” is well written because he effectively uses pathos, logos, and karios when explaining heroes to his audience. When something goes wrong or we feel like we cannot continue, we could all use someone to step in and change our situation. Everyone needs a hero. LaBarge gives an excellent example from his high school days; Thoreau inspired him and became his hero. The high school period of one’s life is a difficult period.
In addition, Paul was injured in the book and goes home and stays with her family while he recovers. He is no longer able to relate to his family, since it is very difficult to think and have emotions and at the same time with much death all around him in the war. There is much talk of how he and his friends do not think about deep things, but just think about eating and silly things. His father and people over all his people want me to tell them stories of war and hate Paul because their experiences are horrible. Paul has just returned to the fight and basically everyone in the book is wounded and dies.
Paul learns that war obtains the capability to demolish society. War destroys so many innocent people’s lives, whether it kills innocent human beings or shatters the innocence of those who fight in
I claim that the major theme of the novel is Identity. I believe the theme is Identity since Paul struggles to figure out his true identity. Identity was chosen because overall in the whole book Paul struggles trying to figure out his identity. Edward Bloor has well developed the plot by using figurative language, flashbacks, etc. The following are evidence of theme development, and my commentary.
Socrates spent the entirety of his life practicing philosophy. He questions everyone who claims to have wisdom and eventually comes to either aggravate those he made to look foolish or inspired those who kept an open mind. At one point Socrates claims that his life has been no less heroic than the heroes who fought at Troy. Considering how vital heroism is to Athenian culture, this claim can be unfavorable. Most Athenians when prompted about what is a hero, will picture Achilles, or one of Homer’s other heroes, not a man who “Corrupts the youth”, or “Is an Atheist”.
An important theme I think in the escape is trust. I think trust is an important theme in this book because, Paul and Rosie trusted Charles Henderson that he will keep them safe and help them reach England. Paul and Rosie had never seen Charles Henderson before but, only heard about him from their dad. If it was the German agent trying to be Charles Henderson then Paul or neither Rosie would have known.
