Hero essay
Heroes have been in life for a very long time. There is a difference now with heroes
now and back then when Heroes such as Odysseus and Hercules where hip and cool.
Heroes now in today's society are for example like, superman or batman. Batman is an
Anti-hero. An anti hero is a hero that does good, but has a reputation of a bad guy.
Another example is superman, superman was born a superhero, giving the hero
archetype of the child.
Heroes in the good old times where told to be true and therefore people believed
them. Some heroes like Thor that are now and back then. People back in the day
believed that there was actually a Thor. Other heroes like odysseus are not really
popular anymore. Odysseus was very popular in the old times and is what makes all
other heroes an archetype. The odyssey is a story with the first hero ever made.
Heroes now and heroes back then are alike because they all have the same
archetypes. They are different because heroes now are known to be not true.
Telemachus in the book, "the odyssey", is the child archetype, this is similar to today's
archetype of the baby in the incredibles who is born with super powers. Both heroes
have usually a distraction or something they are driving for.
By: Michael Mark
Wednesday, September 26, 2012
Wednesday, September 19, 2012
The odyssey
By:Michael Mark
The odyssey
Here I am just a kid riding in a ship to go find my dad, Odysseus, in Sparta. This isn't just a short little couple of months trip, this is a full on sea sicking, oyster scrapping, ten year trip. It's ok though, I am with my friend Pisistratus, and I've always wanted to see Sparta. The reason for me doing this is because the suitors are in town. My mom is obviously married to my dad, but my dad has been missing for over fifteen years, I lost count of how many years exactly but I know for sure that it's over fifteen years. Anyways my mom doesn't want to get married, but that is just what she told me, I'm a little suspicious about her though. The suitors want to merry her, so she is sending me to go find my dad. My dads friend is helping too, he is nice. Well that's where I am so far.
The odyssey
Here I am just a kid riding in a ship to go find my dad, Odysseus, in Sparta. This isn't just a short little couple of months trip, this is a full on sea sicking, oyster scrapping, ten year trip. It's ok though, I am with my friend Pisistratus, and I've always wanted to see Sparta. The reason for me doing this is because the suitors are in town. My mom is obviously married to my dad, but my dad has been missing for over fifteen years, I lost count of how many years exactly but I know for sure that it's over fifteen years. Anyways my mom doesn't want to get married, but that is just what she told me, I'm a little suspicious about her though. The suitors want to merry her, so she is sending me to go find my dad. My dads friend is helping too, he is nice. Well that's where I am so far.
Wednesday, September 12, 2012
Kevin the great
Kevin the great
Once upon a time there was a kid named Kevin. Kevin was about five foot nine, and one hundred and fifty four pounds. He was born in flint Michigan on April 29, 1997. Kevin had always been into music, he believes he was born on this world for one reason and one reason only, to be on a marching band. Kevin is living his dream as a flute player for the flint high Copper Ants. He had always been a good flute player but also always liked the triangle. He believes that the triangle is one of the most important instruments in the music business. He had only played the triangle a couple of times but he is a wizard when he plays it on the wii.
One sunny day during school, Kevin was eating his lunch when right out of the blue, a dodgeball hit him in the face! It was thrown by Matt. Matt was the captain of fighting Copper Ants dodgeball team, he was 6 foot 3, two hundred and thirty pounds. Matt was the face of the Copper Ants and everyone feared him, except for Kevin. Oh kevin was furious about this, he got up, whipped the pudding off his face, picked the ball up, and threw it as hard as he can. That ball was fast, it came up and hit Matt right in the face, he flew back and landed on a bowl of ketchup. The whole building was dead silent. Then Kevin turned around and continued to eat his pudding. The whole building slowly began to raise in volume as Dave, who was standing next to Matt when he was hit, came up to Kevin and said with shock,"holy crap! You have to try out for our dodgeball team, no one will expect you to be any good!" so Kevin the next day after school practiced dodgeball for the Copper Ants.
After a Couple of months, the team made there way into the playoffs. Matt had transferred and is now the captain of the Burton high Thunder Plants, and had lead there team to an undefeated regular season and is now in the playoffs too. Kevin is now the captain of the team and has a record For the fastest thrown dodgeball in high school history. Kevin also is the most popular kid in the school and is playing for the championship, tonight. "Let's go Kevin let's go!" the crowd screamed as the Copper Ants ran out onto the court of the Staples Center. Kevin was pumped and ready to throw some serious balls. Then the Burton High Thunder Plants ran out onto the court, they where all staring at Kevin, epically Matt, who wanted revenge. The referees then ran on to the court and got into game mode. Kevin and the rest of the starters where ready to go, and so was Matt and his team.
The crowd was dead silent as the referees yelled,"ready!" to Kevin and the same to Matt. "dodgeball!", the ref screamed as both teams accelerated to the line of balls. Kevin got a ball and got one of Burton's players out. Then Matt got one of Flints players out, and that is how the whole game went. Back and forth and back and fourth they went. All the way until only Kevin and Matt where on the court. The crowd was in complete silence. Both Kevin and Matt had a ball, and stared into each others eyes. "you will never win", Matt said. "Then how did I get here?", Kevin replied. After those intense words, Matt winded up and threw his ball as fast as he can, it was heading right for Kevin's face, Kevin then did a backflip and dogged the ball! The crowd went nuts! Everyone was yelling for Kevin as he winded up and sacked Matt in the upper shoulder to win the game! Kevin was shocked at the fact that he is the state champion and probably the best in the world, and won MVP of the game. After the astonishing win Kevin went on to play for the Michigan Phone Chargers and lived happily ever after.
Once upon a time there was a kid named Kevin. Kevin was about five foot nine, and one hundred and fifty four pounds. He was born in flint Michigan on April 29, 1997. Kevin had always been into music, he believes he was born on this world for one reason and one reason only, to be on a marching band. Kevin is living his dream as a flute player for the flint high Copper Ants. He had always been a good flute player but also always liked the triangle. He believes that the triangle is one of the most important instruments in the music business. He had only played the triangle a couple of times but he is a wizard when he plays it on the wii.
One sunny day during school, Kevin was eating his lunch when right out of the blue, a dodgeball hit him in the face! It was thrown by Matt. Matt was the captain of fighting Copper Ants dodgeball team, he was 6 foot 3, two hundred and thirty pounds. Matt was the face of the Copper Ants and everyone feared him, except for Kevin. Oh kevin was furious about this, he got up, whipped the pudding off his face, picked the ball up, and threw it as hard as he can. That ball was fast, it came up and hit Matt right in the face, he flew back and landed on a bowl of ketchup. The whole building was dead silent. Then Kevin turned around and continued to eat his pudding. The whole building slowly began to raise in volume as Dave, who was standing next to Matt when he was hit, came up to Kevin and said with shock,"holy crap! You have to try out for our dodgeball team, no one will expect you to be any good!" so Kevin the next day after school practiced dodgeball for the Copper Ants.
After a Couple of months, the team made there way into the playoffs. Matt had transferred and is now the captain of the Burton high Thunder Plants, and had lead there team to an undefeated regular season and is now in the playoffs too. Kevin is now the captain of the team and has a record For the fastest thrown dodgeball in high school history. Kevin also is the most popular kid in the school and is playing for the championship, tonight. "Let's go Kevin let's go!" the crowd screamed as the Copper Ants ran out onto the court of the Staples Center. Kevin was pumped and ready to throw some serious balls. Then the Burton High Thunder Plants ran out onto the court, they where all staring at Kevin, epically Matt, who wanted revenge. The referees then ran on to the court and got into game mode. Kevin and the rest of the starters where ready to go, and so was Matt and his team.
The crowd was dead silent as the referees yelled,"ready!" to Kevin and the same to Matt. "dodgeball!", the ref screamed as both teams accelerated to the line of balls. Kevin got a ball and got one of Burton's players out. Then Matt got one of Flints players out, and that is how the whole game went. Back and forth and back and fourth they went. All the way until only Kevin and Matt where on the court. The crowd was in complete silence. Both Kevin and Matt had a ball, and stared into each others eyes. "you will never win", Matt said. "Then how did I get here?", Kevin replied. After those intense words, Matt winded up and threw his ball as fast as he can, it was heading right for Kevin's face, Kevin then did a backflip and dogged the ball! The crowd went nuts! Everyone was yelling for Kevin as he winded up and sacked Matt in the upper shoulder to win the game! Kevin was shocked at the fact that he is the state champion and probably the best in the world, and won MVP of the game. After the astonishing win Kevin went on to play for the Michigan Phone Chargers and lived happily ever after.
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