The Hero With a Thousand Faces is a collection of theoretical essays exploring the idea of the hero in literature, myth, and other media. The book deals with the concept of heroism, with the idea of the Hero's Journey, and with various other staples of Western media. Its driving thesis is the idea of the archetypal hero as a repeating character, many iterations of essentially identical figures in varied settings.
Death of a Red Heroine is the story of inspector Chen Cao, a Shanghai police officer investigating the murder of a Communist Party model worker, Guan Hongying. Chen suspects that the son of a powerful Party member is to blame, but bureaucratic obstacles and political corruption hinder his investigation until finally the preponderance of evidence condemns the suspect. The novel is both a murder mystery and an investigation of the political climate of post-revolutionary China.
A White Heron and Other Stories is a collection of short fiction by Sarah Orne Jewett. The title story follows the struggle of a girl named Sylvia, transplanted suddenly from her life in the city to the marshy tranquility of her grandmother's country home. Sylvia sees a rare white heron and is later asked to locate it by a hunter looking to kill and stuff it. He promises friendship and money, but Sylvia ultimately chooses to protect the bird.
A Hero of Our Time is the story of Pechorin, a Byronic Russian military officer serving in the Caucuses and later recuperating in a mountain town. Pechorin is intelligent, handsome, and magnetic but acts arbitrarily and without understanding his own decisions. He is frequently violent, scorns those who seek his affection or approval, and seems incapable of connecting with those closest to him. Eventually Pechorin kills his friend Grushnitsky in a meaningless duel and, his spirit broken, dies several uneventful years later.
Heroic Ideals of Three Stories The protagonists of both the anonymous Beowulf and Thomas Malorys Sir Gawain and the Green Knight are true heroes However the traits they have in common are far less numerous than those that set them apart As each of the two is dubbed perfect by their peers it is possible to illustrate them as both model warriors and ideal knights The first question to arise is that of leadership In Beowulf the hero is referred to as prince of the Geats and master friend This is n
Although Atticus describes Mrs Dubose as the bravest person I ever knew it is Atticus himself who is the real hero of the novel Examine the character of Atticus and comment on whether you believe him to be a hero In the novel To Kill a Mockingbird Atticus Finch is not the typical Maycomb citizen He is the role model showing his natural courage tolerance and fairness towards life and the people of Maycomb Atticus appears as a hero because he stands up for what is right has respect for others and
Who Is Really A Hero Who is really a hero Todays modern day heroes are everywhere from the little things like someone who stands up for somebody who is getting bullied to the big things like soldiers who fight for our country every day Heroism is a selfless act preformed by an ordinary person doing extraordinary acts of kindness In the storys The Crucible and To Kill a Mockingbird there are a few characters that showed selfless acts and that they were a true hero The question still stands who i
In literature it is not uncommon to have a heroic figure as protagonist especially under influence of ancient Greek tradition to have a tragic hero The tragic hero is one who possesses good qualities and enjoys good fortune at the beginning of the story yet suffers a miserable end either due to ones character flaw or environmental factors In the novel Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe the tragic hero is the protagonist Okonkwo who enjoys great fame since his early years from his strength and h