From the novels to the movies listed up above it is clear that all of these works have something in common, that is heroes. These heroes are men and since they are the protagonists they have hero-like characteristics already built into them. Another thing about these novels and movies is that they all have adventure, sacrifice, and understanding intertwined in all of them. These protagonists are sacrificing themselves for the greater good or well-being of another person, something that everyone thinks a hero is. But the real question is what is a hero? I believe you need to have certain characteristics to be one, for example, courage, resilience, compassion, and empathy; are traits that make heroes stand out from the crowd. People would say that these are heroic behaviors, and that the hero would never put himself first, the hero would always put other people before them.
That leads me to believe that anyone can be a hero, it doesn’t matter the gender. From the novels and movies above all the protagonists were men because these books and movies have a selling point where they can make the protagonist a hero but also a love interest to a distressed woman in the storyline or plot. If anyone can be a hero they will serve as models in a particular conduct, in this conduct is wanting to be someone who helps and makes a difference. This conduct is for anyone who shapes themselves into being a person that puts other people before themselves.
We have considered books and movies about being prime examples of heroes but that is in the fictional sense, in the literal sense heroes are anyone. For example firefighters, nurses, teachers, your parents, your friends, and, etc. All of these people who are willing to help show signs of being a hero. And heroes make sacrifices for humans and they don’t live to be valued or idolized in the way heroes in books do. This goes to show you that there are many people who are heroes that we just don’t know. Bertolt Brecht once said, “Unhappy the land that needs heroes”, how I interpreted this quote is that people are always going to need heroes and with a hero there’s always a villain. In the notion that good and evil play a part in everyday life means that every piece of land is going to be unhappy if they need heroes and that’s just part of life.