The Immortal Hero

I am reading The Lost Hero by Rick Riordan and I am on page 553. This book is about a boy named Jason who is a roman demigod. Just like the book the Lighting Thief, Percy Jackson is a main character in the book. Jason is just now figuring out that he is a demigod and he had to go across the world to save Hera. Hera is married to Zeus and is trapped and Jason and his friends have to save her before the winter solstice. In this paper, I will be Predicting and Evaluating.

Heroes are extraordinary characters who carry human qualities that reassure followers of the heroes’ limitations. A hero is commonly considered a god, a being with great power that is brave enough to save whole cities. The human qualities are always their greatest fault, it comes in the image of pride, ego, selfishness, and even denial. These flaws are represented by the heroes Gilgamesh and Oedipus. Gilgamesh and Oedipus undertake journeys in search of a truth that will preserve their glory. While Gilgamesh searches for immortality, Oedipus searches for a different fate, both, fearing death. However, only one reaches their their goal.

As long as humans have lived and died, we have strived to know the meaning of life. We assume that there is a meaning or importance to life, and in doing so try to provide some permanence to our existence so that a greater machine might continue to function. It is only natural, then, for us to be interested in the concept of immortality. If there is purpose to an ending life, a life that does not end must be supremely important. This idea is exemplified throughout time in stories both historical and fictional. The Epic of Gilgamesh is one such story. Gilgamesh deals with immortality on nearly every level, and at the same time points back to mortality, trying to extract a reason for living and dying.

Tragedy, like comedy, is in the eyes of the beholder and what makes a particular fictional character more tragic than another can be argued until the end of time. However, despite this, it seems that an undeniable part of what makes a character tragic is their ability to save themselves from their predicament but, for whatever reason, refuse to do so, thus damning themselves to their wretched fate. Likewise, the more obvious this ability, the more control that a character has over their fate, the more tragic their eventual downfall. Moreover, coupled with the preventable nature of the character’s tragic fate, is this fate’s unpredictability, which causes the audience to, even until the very end, have hope that the tragic character will triumph over their predicament. Furthermore, this is all merged with the ultimate insignificance of the tragic character’s demise and how, despite all their struggles, they are eventually rendered wholly irrelevant and forgotten. Hence, the most tragic of the three protagonists studied is Jay Gatsby because his final fate, compared to that of Willy Loman’s or Macbeth’s is the most unpredictable, had the least impact on society, and, ultimately, was the most avoidable.

In the play “The Crucible”, we have a great example of a tragic hero as a main character. A tragic hero is a main character of great or noble standing that has a tragic flaw will lead to their demise.

A little star that shone brighter than most was born on the day of April the 28th 1998.

In the ?Epic of Gilgamesh,? Gilgamesh deals with an issue that nearly destroyed him. He sought after immortality so much that he put his own life on the edge. Centuries later, this quest unites our high tech, fast paced culture with the remote and different culture of Gilgamesh. Humanity has yet to find the secret of letting go of the idea of everlasting life.

A possible theme for Oedipus the King by Sophocles is that one’s blindness can hide the inevitability that is his destiny. Oedipus is in this situation. He struggles to escape his fate: killing his father and marrying his mother and believes he is successful. Sophocles believes that the gpds control one’s destiny and the inevitability that a person will do what is destined despite there hero’s intentions.Oedipus represent the standards of a true tragic hero: he is well known, basically good, his punishment is out of proportion compared to his crime, the audience at some point feels sorrow and pity for him, and Oedipus has a tragic flaw. During the whole story Oedipus thinks that he may be able to change his fate a live life how he wants but he falls to that which is his destiny.For these reason Oedipus is truly an example of a tragic hero and is unable to avoid his tragic fate.

The focus of this essay is whether or not it is actually possible to become immortal, and if so, then, how can such longevity be achieved. Immortalisation, spirituality and memory are the exploratory themes throughout this essay in relation to both the Gilgamesh Epic and in part the Bible.

Immortality, monstrosity, infamy, catastrophe, might, and courage are all aspects of the epic legends of Beowulf and Gilgamesh. Though they subsisted in two utterly different historical eras, these epic heroes have numerous similarities and differences. For example, while they were booth deemed epic heroes, their mortalities were not equal. Beowulf had superhuman qualities such as having the strength of thirty men, but was born a mortal man. On the contrary, Gilgamesh was a demigod as he was born two-thirds god and one-third human by Ninsun, the goddess of dreams and cows. This is only one of the various instances of similarities and differences of these two epic idols.

Somewhere out in the middle of space, are the hero’s of our story. They were were flying galaxy to galaxy trying to find the best ramen noodle shop ever. While doing so they always run into trouble. Lenard, had a shop apps on his phone. As they follow their directions they saw people in trouble. These people looking as if the were extraordinary, phenomenal, inhuman, beings.They look like they could move a mountain, and could crush one thousand Ruby’s with there bare hands. They somewhat looked familiar to the three friends, but they didn’t know from where.

In the tales of mighty heroes created by those anonymous in western world, figures with extraordinary strength or wisdom can often be seen as spiritual leaders guiding civilians on the way of both victory and glory. In the most of the case, the one must accept his fate sent by destiny willingly, slaying the foe of his dearest realm and sacrificing his own life with no hesitation.

Horatio Alger’s novels Ragged Dick was written in the 1800’s, about a young boy called Richard Hunter. Richard Hunter was from the working class, financially poor trying to survive in the tough city of New York. Richard’s goal to write in the 1800’s, about a young boy called Richard Hunter. Richard Hunter was from the working class, financially poor trying to survive in the tough city of New York. Richard’s goal to achieve the American Dream. Dick gives an awesome example of the late 19th century optimism while the major despairs that overwhelmed America at that time. I agree that this is a stimulating story for children and youths. It gives a lot of standards and values it imparts such as devotion, hard work, cooperation, and persistence. The story also holds something for adults and that is a first-hand sight of post-Civil War New York City. The struggle of the children, the advantages of the privileged class, the thieves, the confidence men, and the unforgiving hardness of poverty are all there. Alger gives our hero many likeable traits. Dick “was above doing anything mean or dishonorable. He would not steal, or cheat, or impose upon younger boys, but was frank and straight-forward, manly and self-reliant.”(Alger). In a way these are the behaviors that made Dick the perfect person. His advisories tend to have minor qualities; they are lazy, submissive, and bullies. It can be seen throughout the novel how Dick uses his great values to survive in the

In the literature of the world, the analysis into the actual essence of the relationship of the mortals to the immortals has consistently been a crucial subject. Globally, the myths portray the relationship between human and divine as a recurrent theme. However, it must be known that diverse cultures have revealed using the myths the distinct ideologies which, after some time, have created and changed the conception of human-god relationships. Although considering the development in plots in a few of the acclaimed myths described in various epical writings, it is confirmed that in the situation of the relationship between the mortal and immortal, the Divine's power has been deliberated to be greatest to that of the mortals. Furthermore, the power of the men has likewise been believed to be liberated, and the humans have portrayed to be the creator of their fate questioning the obstacles put by gods.

Aaron Sorkin, a screenwriter, producer, director, and playwright, once said, “Heroes in drama are people who try hard to reach a virtuous ideal. And whether they succeed or fail really doesn’t matter - it’s the trying that counts.” Sorkin states that heroes are those that attempt to reach their goal, not necessarily those that succeed. Heroes will proceed to try, no matter who or what is preventing them from reaching a goal. Sorkin is also discussing people attempting to reach a “virtuous ideal”, which is often obtained for others. A hero is one who solves others’ before their own, is determined to obtain a goal despite obstacles, but may not always conquer the challenge at hand.