Ernest Hemingway describes a hero as someone who has “grace under pressure” and also as someone who isn’t afraid of a challenge. I think this is the ideal thought of a hero: being brave, unafraid of challenges, and being able to handle pressure.
Romero displays the qualities of those of Hemingway’s ideas of a hero in The Sun Also Rises. Romero takes on the bulls head-on, and actually fights them as an occupation. The other bullfighters of the time put on a show for the crowd, and make the fight more dramatic than it really is. Romero puts on a real show for the crowd by taking away the fakeness, because they actually like better. The fake bull fights are just made to try to attract the attention of the crowd, and lure them into believing these men were heroes of that time period. Romero poses as the “real” hero of the time period by putting up real bull fights, and to not try to fake his job of fighting bulls for show.
Even with the peers, Romero shows qualities of a hero. He shows this by being chased by women and looked up to by men. He is seen as a living immortal in the eyes of others, and they look up to him for being fearless, and taking the bull head –on. Romero is very confident and even walks with a swagger no matter who he is around. He shows true heroism in the ring, putting up a real fight instead of faking the drama of the fight just for attention.
The ideas of a “hero” have changed from that time period to present. Back then, a hero was a figure everyone looked up to and tried to imitate, in order to be great. These heroes once faced a great challenge, took it head on, and ended up doing wonders with the task at hand and put out great outcomes. They had great poise when surrounded by pressure, and dealt with the factors they had to in order to do great things. However; our thoughts of a hero nowadays have changed drastically. Now, anyone can be a hero regardless of past actions or background. Nowadays, people can perform one action, and be looked at as a hero by many.
The description of a hero varies immensely. The ideals of a hero have somewhat disappeared, since it is so easy to be looked at as a hero nowadays. Most likely, a person like Romero wouldn’t be considered a hero today; instead he’d just be another bull fighter doing his job. People these days are all about the show and could probably care less whether Romero was actually fighting the bull or just putting on a show. These days, a person has to accomplish a feat of saving someone, or a feat of great success in order to be considered anything near a hero. People these days have fewer expectations of heroes then they did back then. Now, heroes are so common, the story of them are overrated, unlike those stories of the old Greek heroes who accomplished feats no others will come close to. People now have “heroes” all over TV, so now the thoughts of heroes changed from immortals to sport stars.
Hemingway’s ideas of a hero are the original ideas of a hero, and those ideas of a hero should be carried on from generation to generation. Heroes should be rare and be looked at by everyone, not just thought about for a week then passed by as another citizen. Heroes never die, their story lives on forever in the generations. Heroes aren’t forgotten. Romero is the type of hero that people wish still existed today because he is so pure. Even though we lack this type of hero in the bullfighting scene, there are heroes like him in our everyday world. They don't have the cool costumes, capes, or gadgets but they still fight for what the love and believe in all of the time. People like the firefighters, policemen, teachers and volunteers all work to save lives from misery and suffering but don’t get the credit they deserve.
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Even with the peers, Romero shows qualities of a hero. He shows this by being chased by women and looked up to by men. He is seen as a living immortal in the eyes of others, and they look up to him for being fearless, and taking the bull head –on. Romero is very confident and even walks with a swagger no matter who he is around. He shows true heroism in the ring, putting up a real fight instead of faking the drama of the fight just for attention.
The ideas of a “hero” have changed from that time period to present. Back then, a hero was a figure everyone looked up to and tried to imitate, in order to be great. These heroes once faced a great challenge, took it head on, and ended up doing wonders with the task at hand and put out great outcomes. They had great poise when surrounded by pressure, and dealt with the factors they had to in order to do great things. However; our thoughts of a hero nowadays have changed drastically. Now, anyone can be a hero regardless of past actions or background. Nowadays, people can perform one action, and be looked at as a hero by many.
The description of a hero varies immensely. The ideals of a hero have somewhat disappeared, since it is so easy to be looked at as a hero nowadays. Most likely, a person like Romero wouldn’t be considered a hero today; instead he’d just be another bull fighter doing his job. People these days are all about the show and could probably care less whether Romero was actually fighting the bull or just putting on a show. These days, a person has to accomplish a feat of saving someone, or a feat of great success in order to be considered anything near a hero. People these days have fewer expectations of heroes then they did back then. Now, heroes are so common, the story of them are overrated, unlike those stories of the old Greek heroes who accomplished feats no others will come close to. People now have “heroes” all over TV, so now the thoughts of heroes changed from immortals to sport stars.
Hemingway’s ideas of a hero are the original ideas of a hero, and those ideas of a hero should be carried on from generation to generation. Heroes should be rare and be looked at by everyone, not just thought about for a week then passed by as another citizen. Heroes never die, their story lives on forever in the generations. Heroes aren’t forgotten. Romero is the type of hero that people wish still existed today because he is so pure. Even though we lack this type of hero in the bullfighting scene, there are heroes like him in our everyday world. They don't have the cool costumes, capes, or gadgets but they still fight for what the love and believe in all of the time. People like the firefighters, policemen, teachers and volunteers all work to save lives from misery and suffering but don’t get the credit they deserve.
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