What makes someone a hero?

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What makes someone a hero?
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Superman what are his heroic characteristics
and heroic actions?
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(also think about hisheroic characteristics)

• Superman to the Rescue - Heroic Action

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Batman - what are his heroic characteristics and
heroic actions?
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Spiderman - what are his heroic characteristics
and heroic actions?
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• Some Heroic Actions - Spiderman

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The Old Man - what are his heroic characteristics
and heroic actions?
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• HERO
• 1.a man of distinguished courage or ability,
  admired for his brave deeds and noble qualities.
• 2.a person who, in the opinion of others, has
  heroic qualities or has performed a heroic act
  and is regarded as a model or ideal He was a
  local hero when he saved the drowning child.
• 3.the principal male character in a story, play,
  film, etc.
• 4.Classical Mythology. a.a being of godlike
  prowess and beneficence who often came to be
  honored as a divinity. b.(in the Homeric period)
  a warrior-chieftain of special strength, courage,
  or ability. c.(in later antiquity) an immortal
  being demigod.

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Santiago is considered by many readers to be a
tragic hero, in that his greatest strengthhis
prideleads to his eventual downfall. Discuss the
role of pride in Santiagos plight.

• At first, Santiagos plight seems rather
  hopeless. He has gone eighty-four days without
  catching a fish, and he is the laughingstock of
  his small village. Regardless of his past, the
  old man determines to change his luck and sail
  out farther than he or the other fishermen ever
  have before. His commitment to sailing out to
  where the big fish are testifies to the depth of
  his pride. Later, after the sharks have destroyed
  his prize marlin, Santiago chastises himself for
  his hubris, claiming that it has ruined both the
  marlin and himself. Yet, Santiagos pride also
  enables him to achieve what he otherwise would
  not. Not until he meets and battles the marlin
  are his skills as a fisherman truly put to the
  test. In other words, the pride that leads to the
  destruction of his quarry also helps him earn the
  deeper respect of the village fisherman and
  secures him the prized companionship of the boy.