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In the movie A New Hope, Luke had to go through a lot of challenges to find Princess Leia and destroy the Death Star, even though his family and friends died, and planets were being destroyed, he just kept going and was brave through it all. For instance he had to leave the planet he had lived on his whole life, not get caught when the millennium falcon was taken captive by the Death Star, and when he had to make an almost impossible shot to destroy the Death Star, and save a ton of planets from being destroyed. One of the first challenges Luke had to face, was when he had to decide wether or not he would leave his home planet, and go with Ben to rescue Princess Leia. At first when Ben asked Luke if he would go with him, he said no because his family needed him for the harvest season. But after he found his family burned alive in their home by the storm troupers, he realized that he had nothing to go back to, so he said that he would go with Ben to save the princess. And went with him without question, and with hope that they would be able to save Princess Leia. Then next challenge he had to face was when the ship he was on, (the millennium falcon) got pulled in by a tractor beam to the Death Star. Where they would have been taken captive if they hadn't hid in an secret compartment, in the ship. In order to get off the ship …show more content…
But through all of that, he was brave and kept fighting for what he knew was right. So I think that this story teaches us that, sometimes life gets tough, and even when it seems like you world is falling apart and you have nothing to go back to. If you try new things, take some risks, and do what's right, then everything will be ok. There will still be some challenges later on, but as long as you have hope, everything will work its self out, for the greater good of this
...fact, it is the saving grace of mankind: the hope that God will save society and establish harmony and justice. The modern story takes the opposite view; it shows what happens when hope is lost, when society has nowhere to turn: it is a more pessimistic, more complicated view of humanity’s progress.
He is being forced to abide by the rules in prison and at first, does not get a warm welcome by his fellow prisoners because he refuses to abide by the captains order which is simply to get their minds right. He is soon challenged to a fight by one of his fellow inmates. Throughout the fight, it is clear that Luke is being brutally beaten. He can barely stand up on his feet but he refuses to give up. To me, this is a sign of resistance of power because he does not want to just face the fact that he lost this battle.
Instead of thinking about himself, Frodo thinks of the people around him in the Shire. Like Luke where he leaves despite his fears, Frodo leaves and not only faces his fears of the unknown but goes in order for the people of the Shire to stay safe despite the fact that he may die showing his selflessness. While on the Death Star, Luke shows his selflessness when goes to save Leia when hearing of her presence on the Death Star. He insists when he talks to Han in the control room that “The droid belongs to her. She's the one in the message.. We've got to help her” (Lucas New 56). Risking his life to save someone he barely knows, Luke shows his selflessness as he wants to save Leia. Both J.R.R. Tolkien and George Lucas have their heroes commit these acts in order to show that they are selfless because through this it is shown that they care about others. Frodo and Luke demonstrate selflessness when Frodo takes up the ring at Rivendell and when Luke joins the Rebel Alliance. When taking up the responsibility to take up the ring at Rivendell at the Council of Elrond, Frodo shows his selflessness as he is cognizant that no one else is willing to take the ring and speaks up as“No one
To summarize, the Hero’s Journey is a challenging process, yet Holden answered to his call of journey, undertook challenges under rigorous environments, and finally returned with satisfactory with aides from the helpers.
In the separation stage, Luke`s hidden past is revealed and is called on a mission to save the galaxy. After accepting the mission in the transformation stage, Luke travels throughout the universe and is faced with obstacles and tests to prepare him for the greatest challenge. Lastly, in the return stage, Luke's journey comes to a conclusion as he defeats the Empire and gains the ultimate victory and is rewarded. Although his quest was not an easy one, Luke pushed through and faced the challenges and endured the hardship like a hero. He learns many things all through his quest and passes from immaturity to his adulthood. All in all, Luke Skywalker truly earned the right to be called a hero. How can you be a hero in your world? And “may the force be with
Finally, the hero learns from the shadow’s strengths and weaknesses as they are the qualities that helped them succeed and ultimately the reason why they fail. In The Hobbit, Bilbo learns from Thorin’s characteristics. From the strengths side, Bilbo has learned from Thorin’s confidence and leadership. Once again, because of Thorin’s example Bilbo was able to recover more of his Took side. As demonstrated in chapter 8, during the road of trials, the battle with the spiders. This battle was the first time Bilbo really displayed his role in the quest. He showed leadership as explained in the quote: “Bilbo saw that the moment had come when he must do something” (Tolkien, 183). Bilbo also presented confidence by insulting the spiders with his lyrics. He has also learned from Thorin’s undesirable traits. Greed. From Thorin’s outcome, Bilbo sees how easy it is to give into greed. This encouraged Bilbo to make the right decisions, like handing over the Arkenstone and taking only a small amount of treasure home with him. Moreover, this also happens to be the case in Star Wars. Similar to The Hobbit, Luke also sees the consequences of the dark side through Darth Vader, and from this he learns to make better choices. Through Vader’s strengths, Luke can learn the sense of loyalty to your master. Vader had said: “You don't know the power of the dark side. I must obey my master” (Return of the
Even though there is tragedy there-what Steinbeck seems to be saying is that the human spirit can and will endure despite immense privations. The will to live and endure will always overcome defeated hopes.
In the article, “The Man in the Water” the author, Roger Rosenblatt, shows humans potential selflessness. After a plane crashes into the ocean, one man, the hero of the story, saves the lives of many before saving himself. As the rescuers were handing down the floaties to bring people to safety, every time one was given to this man he risked his life and handed it to someone else. Every time that he decides to save someone else he is one step closer to dying, and he knows that too, but instead he helps those in need around him. Although in the end he did not survive, what he did had effects on those watching. It showed people that any person could be a hero. The man in the water was a man with courage, and no fear, he sacrificed his life for the life of many who may not have survived if it wasn't for him or what he had done. While nature was against him and the people he fought against it to let those people live the rest of their life. In the article, the author, Roger Rosenblatt demonstrates the potential heroism and
Often, in action films, females play a secondary role. The main female characters are often present just as "token chicks" so that women do not feel underrepresented, or they are present as a romantic interest. It is rare to see a female lead take charge and exercise her intelligence instead of utilizing her gender as the main tool to avoid or get out of tricky situations. In Star Wars: Episode IV- A New Hope, directed by George Lucas (1977), Princess Leia can be seen as a female symbol of empowerment through her image, personality, and her actions. Princess Leia’s representation in the Star Wars universe establishes her as a figure of feminism because she is one of the few females in the entire movie. Not only that, but she is extremely capable and has genuine leadership qualities amongst other good qualities. She is also the only female lead, and there are no supporting female characters. The stormtroopers are all male and even the robots (droids) are portrayed as male.
...lity for all” and the fact that you can’t be “whatever you want”. The pursuing of the American dream led our hero to his tragic end.
...ater appreciate and learn several lessons from its theme and historical content. Overall, the novel is valued by many writers and will continue to be inspirational to all throughout the many generations to come.
If mankind was to never fight back against the challenges life throws their way, then the pursuit of happiness would end on the day they stopped fighting for a finer life. Throughout America's history, people have faced dark times, nevertheless many showed that it takes not only courage and determination to fight back against the judgmental society, but action was what allowed for change to be made. Hope was not lost even if only one man survived, living had not been happy for everyone, however a better life was possible. Individuals survived through injustice from assistance of a great speaker who spoke his mind and from a group who disobeyed the law but did the right thing.
He entered a battle when he had just learned of the uncertain odds, he nearly sacrificed the lives of his family while trying to act the hero in front of them, and he recovered from the death of his wife unnaturally quickly when faced with the prospect of leading a voyage. Though his experiences seem to depict the worst of them, he hints at evidence that he learned from these experiences and emerged a better person because of
During the character's quest, weather they were headed to the Lonely Mountains or to the Cracks of Doom, they always experienced a form of heroism. In the story The Hobbit, we see heroic deeds being accomplished by the main character Bilbo. This occurs when the companions do battle with giant venomous spiders in Mirkwood forest. Bilbo finds depth and strength in his nature that he was surprised was there and smote these villainous creatures all on his own, saving his friends and adding to his stature among those in the group. "Somehow the killing of the giant spider, all alone by himself in the dark without the help of the wizard or the Dwarves or anyone else, made a great difference to Mr. Baggin...
Throughout the novel it always remains present how much The Man is willing is do for the sake of the survival of The Boy, he goes as far to say, "You wanted to know what the bad guys looked like. Now you know. It may happen again. My job is to take care of you. I was appointed to do that by God. I will kill anyone who touches you. Do you understand?