Compare And Contrast Beowulf And Winston

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Jada Banks
Mr.tanig
English AP
10-8-15
Prompt: evaluate beowulf and winston and decide who would be a better hero for modern society

Winston and Beowulf are both heroes in their own ways. What makes them different? What set them apart from each other of being a better hero? Beowulf tells a story of his heroic battles full of violence, horror and distraught to save his people from danger. Beowulf is the best illustration of a hero for modern society. He has primordial heroic deeds risks his life for glory his braveness is what makes him strong and a censurable leader . A hero is someone who has courage, idolized, worshipped and has noble qualities.
Many people define Winston as a hero because how he withstands the system in 1984. Winston stood up for his beliefs, he was willing to sacrifice anything for what he believed in . Why should that make him a hero? ”She did not understand that there was no such thing as happiness, that the only victory lay in the far future, long after you were dead, that from the moment of declaring war on the party it was better to think of yourself as a corpse.”(pg.137) Many people didn't praise him because everything was more of a secret and if the party was to find out he would be in vain. He knows somethings not right he won't let it bypass him that is what a good citizen is called …show more content…

His greed for the towns freedom becomes feckless, but he still gives full action knowing death soon awaits him. Beowulf nor the dragon survived but Beowulf spirit still remained. “And now the giving of swords, of golden rings and rich estates, is over, ended for you and everyone who shares your blood: when the brave geats hear how you bolted and ran none of your race will have anything left but their lives.”(pg

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