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A man enters a burning building and rescues a child he doesn’t know, for most of us these actions are truly heroic, but is this the stuff of heroes? Is it important to have people like this in our midst? Does society need heroes?
In my mind there are 2 types of heroes, role model heroes, like the emergency service workers who save people on a daily basis, and the larger than life heroes, like Winston Churchill during the war. We need these enormous figures whom we cannot possibly identify with in times of peril to stand as pillars of society and Raleigh the nation for the greater good.
In our everyday lives people look to Athletes, Servicemen, Emergency service workers and even Popstars to see what the human spirit is capable of. In daily life when people are called to act bravely, they do, when people are in need others come forward, which I think is indicative of our good nature.
I think we have a very negative view that things are going wrong and the world hates us, so when we see a hero who has done something we can admire it makes us feel expanded in what we can be, so in this respect t plays a positive role. But sometimes the media will distort it in negative ways, the Editor of the Daily Bugle in Spider-man for example.
If we take the King of Rock, Elvis, there are undoubtedly people who would call him a hero. He was handsome, had a great singing voice and also dedicated a lot of his time and money to charity works in Memphis. However I feel he was not so much a hero but more an idol or role model.
In comparison the Princess or Wales had the Royal mystique but was also seen to struggle in the face of hardship, so whilst she had the Royal Aires and noble birth, we had a basic point in which we could identify with to a certain extent. Cynically we can say she was no more than a star, she done nothing other than look pretty and be nice to people. She didn’t rescue people from burning buildings, or run 100M in 10 seconds. She took her responsibilities in the public eye seriously, more akin to the role of protagonist, in that she acted out the pains and concern that we had, but in the public eye.
Perhaps this appearance of working hard and doing good in the public eye is one of the most important aspects of being a hero. Certainly Spider-man and the fantastic four would not be of such hero quality if they sat around a table all day playing poker.
Furthermore if we think about the ultimate hero in the form of Jesus Christ. His life was nothing but good actions and intentions. He saved Humanity now that’s an achievement. However I do not regard him as a hero, his “Job” as it were was to do these good acts, just as an athlete would dismiss being a hero by saying it was “Their job”.
I feel heroism is defined by taking opportunistic acts of good, which are outside of the ordinary daily grind of that individual’s daily life. Circumstances such as these allow a person to show their true qualities, and I think society needs that.
Thanks for reading.
In my mind there are 2 types of heroes, role model heroes, like the emergency service workers who save people on a daily basis, and the larger than life heroes, like Winston Churchill during the war. We need these enormous figures whom we cannot possibly identify with in times of peril to stand as pillars of society and Raleigh the nation for the greater good.
In our everyday lives people look to Athletes, Servicemen, Emergency service workers and even Popstars to see what the human spirit is capable of. In daily life when people are called to act bravely, they do, when people are in need others come forward, which I think is indicative of our good nature.
I think we have a very negative view that things are going wrong and the world hates us, so when we see a hero who has done something we can admire it makes us feel expanded in what we can be, so in this respect t plays a positive role. But sometimes the media will distort it in negative ways, the Editor of the Daily Bugle in Spider-man for example.
If we take the King of Rock, Elvis, there are undoubtedly people who would call him a hero. He was handsome, had a great singing voice and also dedicated a lot of his time and money to charity works in Memphis. However I feel he was not so much a hero but more an idol or role model.
In comparison the Princess or Wales had the Royal mystique but was also seen to struggle in the face of hardship, so whilst she had the Royal Aires and noble birth, we had a basic point in which we could identify with to a certain extent. Cynically we can say she was no more than a star, she done nothing other than look pretty and be nice to people. She didn’t rescue people from burning buildings, or run 100M in 10 seconds. She took her responsibilities in the public eye seriously, more akin to the role of protagonist, in that she acted out the pains and concern that we had, but in the public eye.
Perhaps this appearance of working hard and doing good in the public eye is one of the most important aspects of being a hero. Certainly Spider-man and the fantastic four would not be of such hero quality if they sat around a table all day playing poker.
Furthermore if we think about the ultimate hero in the form of Jesus Christ. His life was nothing but good actions and intentions. He saved Humanity now that’s an achievement. However I do not regard him as a hero, his “Job” as it were was to do these good acts, just as an athlete would dismiss being a hero by saying it was “Their job”.
I feel heroism is defined by taking opportunistic acts of good, which are outside of the ordinary daily grind of that individual’s daily life. Circumstances such as these allow a person to show their true qualities, and I think society needs that.
Thanks for reading.
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cookie monster wrote:
> Furthermore if we think about the ultimate hero in the form of Jesus
> Christ.
Only a moron would consider him a hero. Or believe in him for that matter......
> Furthermore if we think about the ultimate hero in the form of Jesus
> Christ.
Only a moron would consider him a hero. Or believe in him for that matter......
People who can't think for themselves or are too scared to act on their own will need people to look up to in some way... like people in this country who think the monarchy are amazing, when really they do buugger all and get a fortune spent on them.
A man enters a burning building and rescues a child he doesn’t know, for most of us these actions are truly heroic, but is this the stuff of heroes? Is it important to have people like this in our midst? Does society need heroes?
In my mind there are 2 types of heroes, role model heroes, like the emergency service workers who save people on a daily basis, and the larger than life heroes, like Winston Churchill during the war. We need these enormous figures whom we cannot possibly identify with in times of peril to stand as pillars of society and Raleigh the nation for the greater good.
In our everyday lives people look to Athletes, Servicemen, Emergency service workers and even Popstars to see what the human spirit is capable of. In daily life when people are called to act bravely, they do, when people are in need others come forward, which I think is indicative of our good nature.
I think we have a very negative view that things are going wrong and the world hates us, so when we see a hero who has done something we can admire it makes us feel expanded in what we can be, so in this respect t plays a positive role. But sometimes the media will distort it in negative ways, the Editor of the Daily Bugle in Spider-man for example.
If we take the King of Rock, Elvis, there are undoubtedly people who would call him a hero. He was handsome, had a great singing voice and also dedicated a lot of his time and money to charity works in Memphis. However I feel he was not so much a hero but more an idol or role model.
In comparison the Princess or Wales had the Royal mystique but was also seen to struggle in the face of hardship, so whilst she had the Royal Aires and noble birth, we had a basic point in which we could identify with to a certain extent. Cynically we can say she was no more than a star, she done nothing other than look pretty and be nice to people. She didn’t rescue people from burning buildings, or run 100M in 10 seconds. She took her responsibilities in the public eye seriously, more akin to the role of protagonist, in that she acted out the pains and concern that we had, but in the public eye.
Perhaps this appearance of working hard and doing good in the public eye is one of the most important aspects of being a hero. Certainly Spider-man and the fantastic four would not be of such hero quality if they sat around a table all day playing poker.
Furthermore if we think about the ultimate hero in the form of Jesus Christ. His life was nothing but good actions and intentions. He saved Humanity now that’s an achievement. However I do not regard him as a hero, his “Job” as it were was to do these good acts, just as an athlete would dismiss being a hero by saying it was “Their job”.
I feel heroism is defined by taking opportunistic acts of good, which are outside of the ordinary daily grind of that individual’s daily life. Circumstances such as these allow a person to show their true qualities, and I think society needs that.
Thanks for reading.
In my mind there are 2 types of heroes, role model heroes, like the emergency service workers who save people on a daily basis, and the larger than life heroes, like Winston Churchill during the war. We need these enormous figures whom we cannot possibly identify with in times of peril to stand as pillars of society and Raleigh the nation for the greater good.
In our everyday lives people look to Athletes, Servicemen, Emergency service workers and even Popstars to see what the human spirit is capable of. In daily life when people are called to act bravely, they do, when people are in need others come forward, which I think is indicative of our good nature.
I think we have a very negative view that things are going wrong and the world hates us, so when we see a hero who has done something we can admire it makes us feel expanded in what we can be, so in this respect t plays a positive role. But sometimes the media will distort it in negative ways, the Editor of the Daily Bugle in Spider-man for example.
If we take the King of Rock, Elvis, there are undoubtedly people who would call him a hero. He was handsome, had a great singing voice and also dedicated a lot of his time and money to charity works in Memphis. However I feel he was not so much a hero but more an idol or role model.
In comparison the Princess or Wales had the Royal mystique but was also seen to struggle in the face of hardship, so whilst she had the Royal Aires and noble birth, we had a basic point in which we could identify with to a certain extent. Cynically we can say she was no more than a star, she done nothing other than look pretty and be nice to people. She didn’t rescue people from burning buildings, or run 100M in 10 seconds. She took her responsibilities in the public eye seriously, more akin to the role of protagonist, in that she acted out the pains and concern that we had, but in the public eye.
Perhaps this appearance of working hard and doing good in the public eye is one of the most important aspects of being a hero. Certainly Spider-man and the fantastic four would not be of such hero quality if they sat around a table all day playing poker.
Furthermore if we think about the ultimate hero in the form of Jesus Christ. His life was nothing but good actions and intentions. He saved Humanity now that’s an achievement. However I do not regard him as a hero, his “Job” as it were was to do these good acts, just as an athlete would dismiss being a hero by saying it was “Their job”.
I feel heroism is defined by taking opportunistic acts of good, which are outside of the ordinary daily grind of that individual’s daily life. Circumstances such as these allow a person to show their true qualities, and I think society needs that.
Thanks for reading.
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