Luke vs Beowulf

Luke Skywalker and Beowulf share many traits that make them heros, but also differ quite a bit. Luke becomes a hero at a fairly young age. He was still living with his aunt and uncle when he was called to action. Beowulf, as we read it, was already a great hero and everyone knew it just looking at him. He had already slew many foes, while Luke was fixing droids and farming. They are both heroic in manner. Luke ends up saving the day by initially saving Princess Leia and eventually destroying the Death Star. Beowulf defeated Grendel, his mom, and a dragon back in his homeland. Their reasons for being so heroic are different. Man-to-man combat and hunting monsters was how Beowulf grew up. It was his profession as Steve Jobbs's is to make software. Luke didn't grow up like Beowulf did. He worked with his aunt and uncle. Luke's first incentive to fight back was when his aunt and uncle were murdered. He fought for his family and for revenge. Later on, though, he fought for the Rebel Alliance. He wanted to save the oppressed and to do so he had to destroy the Death Star. Beowulf fought for himself, while Luke fought for others. Beowulf was very boastful of himself. On the other hand, Luke carried himself in a humble manner. He did not show the pride that Beowulf had.

Beowulf 2

Wiglaf’s character is very similar to Beowulf as one would assume since he is Beowulf’s go to man. He was the only person who stayed with Beowulf to the end. While the others fled, fearing the dragon’s might, Wiglaf stayed his ground, and defended his great leader. Wiglaf wounded the dragon allowing for Beowulf to finish it off. During this battle, Wiglaf showed courgae, bravery, and heroism just as his leader required of him. And even after the battle with the dragon, Wiglaf continued to show his heroism and honor by carrying out Beowulf funeral pyre requests. After Beowulf’s passing, I saw some values that were different than Beowulf. Beowulf was a great warrior who gave to his people. He was a brute. Wiglaf, a warrior too, began to show great wisdom after the great battle. He foresaw the future. Because of Beowulf’s death, he knew that other kingdoms would try to conquer the Geatland. Wiglaf assumed leader of the Geats and immediately began acting as a good king would.

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Unferth responded in the way he did because he felt inferior to Beowulf. He was like a wolf trying to defend his alpha male status. Unferth is the local hero of the Danes, so naturally he would feel threatened by Beowulf- the great hero from the land Geats. He wanted to belittle Beowulf's greatness to make himself seem better. Unferth recalled Beowulf's race with Breca across the sea and how Beowulf lost. His intentions fail when Beowulf responds. Beowulf admits that Unferth's accusations were true. He then goes on about how his finish and journey was much greater than Breca's. Along the way, Beowulf had to stop multiple times to slaughter the sea monsters who wished to drag their bodies to bottom of the sea. Beowulf may have finished second but none would have been able to do what he did and still finish. This boast of his race with Breca glorified him even more as a hero. The fact that Beowulf was able to swim across the sea and fight monsters all in one piece was more heroic than actually winning. At first it was just a race, then race turned fowl and became a battle. In this battle, Beowulf rose as the victor.

johnny Got His Gun #8

It's hard to say exactly what Joe wants. He goes through alot of things he wants. When the question was first posed to him he thought of all the body parts he was missing and how much he wanted those back. "He wanted a nose so he could smell rain and burning wood and cooking food and the faint perfume that stays in the air after a girl has passed by." But he realized these were things they should know he wanted and he knew they couldn't give them to him. He then thought more realistically. He wanted to get out and feel the air, the presence of other people. Joe hated being trapped in his room all day. He also wanted to be put on display to show people the causes of war, that war had repercussions and that it wasn't pretty. He wanted to expose war in its truest form. But this was not possible. They never say why exactly, but Joe gives us some explanation. They didn't want people to see him, and realize how hideous and terrible war is. This would discourage people from enlisting and fighting. They wanted to keep him locked away in his room, so nobody would be exposed to the bad side of war.

Johnny Got His Gun #7

In these chapters, Joe is put into a drugged induced sleep so he would quit moving around and making noise. He thought to himself that they were winning again. In his sleep, he dreamt he was in at a train station where a mother who had recently bailed her son out of jail, and had to send him to war. She was deeply saddened because she fought hard to bail him out only to lose him to the war. Joe sees the son and realizes he is Christ. Joe, Christ, and other soldiers board the train and join in a game of cards. They speak about war, and how they know exactly how they are going to die. However, someone doesn't belong and that person is Joe. His fate is different somehow, and they all know it. Christ explains to them what Joe's fate is, making the party realize that he is worse off than the rest. So, Joe jumps off the train to mercy himself at the feet of Christ, because he does not wish to suffer the way he does. This is very symbolic because Christ could do anything, and was the redeemer and saver. He could have saved Joe. In some ways, Joe wishes he had stayed on the train because the train was like a portal to death. And Joe wanted to die rather than suffer in his state.

Johnny Got His Gun #6

• In chapter 13 Joe experiences something new and interesting. His schedule of nurses is disrupted when a group of men enter his room and examine him placing something around his neck. Joe comes to the conclusion that these men are generals come to give him a medal, which only offends him. During this interaction Joe figures out he can move his arms and head, and twist and turn his body. After this confrontation, he remembers how he and Bill Harper used to communicate between their houses Morse code. This is what his tapping was. Joe began tapping with hopes of someone hearing his cry out for help. This was his first step towards communicating with the real world.

johnny Got His Gun #5

• Joe realizes that all he has left is his mind. It’s the only thing he can control, and that all he can do is think. He feels disconnected with the rest of the world, and decides to do something about it. Through much thought and philosophizing he comes to the realization that he can feel connected with the outside world by keep track of time. Joe says that when it comes down to it time is the only thing connects us. If he has a sense of time he can be in the same world as everybody else, instead of lagging behind lost in his own mind. He may not be able to interact with the outside world, but by telling time he can feel a part of it. He tackles this difficult tasks a few different ways; a sort of a hit & miss course of action. He first attempts to count every second, minute, and hour as if he were a clock; however, this was much to complicated for his brain to handle. So, he took to counting the nurse visits, then bowel movements. Eventually, he realized that his mind wasn’t the only thing he had left. With the loss of his sight, smell, hearing and voice, he still had one thing- touch. He could feel his skin; feel the nurses and the vibrations they make with their movement. Joe had a few atches of skin which he could use to feel the heat of sunlight and use that information to figure out how many nurse visits equaled one day. He kept a mental calendar this way and was able to celebrate holidays with his friends and family through memories inside his mind.