My dad isn’t someone “famous” in Michigan history or someone who did something others may see as heroic, but he is MY Michigan Hero. He was born on August 5th, 1966 in Jackson, Michigan and is the youngest of four children. Both of his parents worked hard in order to provide for their children as they faced the struggles of the time with a large family to support. From a young age, he learned that a good work ethic was important to have. Andy Kershaw, my father, has always had the drive and passion to succeed. He always encourages me to succeed and become as good a worker and someday, a husband and father, as he is.
As I said before, my father wasn’t born into the richest family, but they were a loving family. He grew up near Jackson, Michigan with his 2 brothers and sister. He got decent grades in school and worked his way through with good, solid math and social skills. After graduating high school, he had many jobs and enjoyed them all. He especially liked the one in which he worked with building and maintaining arcade games.
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He continued to work with video games in a warehouse (with a boss who wasn’t very appreciative of his work). Although his money was somewhat tight, he enjoyed his job and worked with passion. He met my mother in 1993, and they were married three years later. With some of his “profit”, he was able to purchase his second truck with his own money. Halfway through his career, his boss promised him a bonus he never got. My father, a hard working man, didn’t work to not get paid, so he quit with dignity. Now, my future father was jobless. He had to set his drive to work to a new
What is a hero? To our understanding, a hero is a person who is admired for great or brave acts. Joseph Campbell, an American mythologist, and writer wrote The Odyssey. In this novel he talks about The Heroes Journey which are twelve different stages of adventure known as the Ordinary World, the Call to Adventure, Refusal of the Call, Meeting the Mentor, Crossing the Threshold, Test/Allies/Enemies, Approach to the Inmost Cave, Ordeal, Reward, the Road Back, Resurrection, and the Return With The Elixir. The Odyssey is about a legendary hero named Odysseus, who fought among the Greeks in the battle of Troy and went through the stages of The Heroes Journey. Odysseus lived in Ithaca, Northwest of Greece, with his wife Penelope and son Telemachus.
What is a hero? A hero isn’t someone who flies through the air or someone who has super speed. A hero is simply a person who inspires you to be great. Jose Luis Andalon son of an immigrant,migrant worker from Mexico is very hard working. He is 39 years old and short. He is the baby boy of six kids and was born in Salinas, California then moved to Gonzales, California. Luis Andalon, my dad inspires me to work hard and never stop working hard no matter what.
An English proverb states, “ A hero is a man who is afraid to run away”. I agree with this proverb, because when you see a hero in a comic book, they have super cool back stories, are not afraid to fight, and stare danger in the face and not blink. They are not afraid of anything. That’s nice to look up to, but they are not real. Our definition of a hero is too much for one man to become, you can do something honorable, heroic, but you will never actually be a hero because it's too much, in real life. Heroes don’t just do it so they can get paid, or respect. What really determines whether someone is a hero is if they choose to do something about it in a bad situation. We have people that do heroic acts, for example, people putting their lives before others. Those people cannot be heroes because they get paid to do it, they are, firefighters, cops, and military, they get paid to help people, so they aren't considered a hero.
Assignment details: Analyze the components of the hero’s journey. Basically, support the argument that Jaws follows the epic hero cycle. Name specific examples from the movie and connect them to the hero’s journey. However, this is not a plot summary. You are not retelling the story, but selecting examples to support the analysis.
Your nationality plays a huge part in who you are in the society. Your culture, background, and identity are all influenced by your nationality. Now, how would you feel if someone or a certain group wants you to start forgetting about your origin and wants you to begin learning another lifestyle that doesn’t match yours? Maybe if you are adult enough, you can prevent it from happening by rejecting that person’s idea. But if you are young, you could be merged easily with the kind of lifestyle that the person or group wants you to be like. That’s because young children are innocent, and they are still figuring out their identity. Naturally, when you put young children or teenagers with certain kinds of people, they will gradually start picking up habits of the people they are surrounded with. Jim Thorpe was one of those young – adults who were put in the Carlisle Indian School. In this school/ camp, the whites turn Native American children’s lifestyle into theirs.
Stephen Richards once said, “When you do what you fear most, then you can do anything.” Joseph Campbell has written a three stage theory that every hero in a story goes through, a journey if you will. Every journey is different, but it's always structured around his formula, a hero will: separate from his/her known world into a new one, they'll challenge opposing forces or complete a series of tests, and lastly they return to their world again with a gift. Going along with this formula I've gone through my own hero's journey, and succeeded.
In writing about an important person in my life, there are a number of people that I could discuss. But, I feel that the person who is very special to me and one who has been the most influential, is my dad.
my father never had much of an education, only an education on how to work hard. My father was one of 16 children, he was the son of a both wealthy and intelligent father. My grandfather was the owner of much land, the husband of many wives, and the father of many children. He whipped his children into shape on how to become diligent, wise, and stern both figuratively and literally. My father never learned much of love from his father nor his mother as he trouble with parenting, he also has taught himself many things but lacks some education compared to high
My family moved onto the car lot when I was in seventh grade. My father had been in the used car business for only about five years. As an adult my father had switched jobs more often than most middle class parents are accustomed. Before taking on the title of a car salesman, he had held a well-paying state department position in which he trained the unemployed so they could find work. However, he claims that by the end his job had become more about paper work and less about people. You see, my dad is a businessman, or at least prides himself as one. People are his game. He saw the car business as the perfect profession to utilize his gifts that were so shamefully being wasted at his old job.
For over 24 years my father supported my entire household. Unfortunately, he was injured well working. This allowed him to realize that my mother's
I remember my father as a man who worked hard, cared for his family and taught many lessons without intending to do so. He was well respected in our neighborhood. People gravitated toward him. Most of the time he was a good natured man who told entertaining stories of his youth and growing up during the 1930’s in the segregated south, or stories about his Army service in Italy and North Africa during World War II. He was not to be disrespected nor his kids subjected to unfairness or threat of harm. That would set him off. He could unleash a venom laced tirade filled with threats of violence though I have never seen him lay a hand on anyone.
When my mom and dad got into a divorce, Lightning Mcqueen was the only thing that kept me from bursting out into tears. It was one of the hardest things that I had to deal with in my life. It was a very sad time for me because when this happened, I didn’t see my dad for a long time. Now all I can do is hope that my dad will become as successful as he was when I was 8 years old. I say this because my dad lost his car when a drunk driver hit his car and totaled it, and with that, he lost his job, house, and any form possible to pay child support. Now he is living with my Grandma and Papa in Oildale. I only see him two to five times a month
My dad is my hero. This does not mean I think he’s “father of the year” because, trust me, he’s not even close, He is my hero because he managed to completely change his outlook on life. My life today would be very different if not for him. I found out a few months ago he actually grew up Catholic. He was expected to go to church all the time, get married fairly young, and have kids. For a while, he was the poster child
Like everyone else, family and friends have played a vital part in my life and have affected my outlook on money and career. I grew up in a family of six, with my father, who is an IT engineer, as the head and sole breadwinner of the family because in my country -Saudi Arabia- there aren’t many opportunities for women to advance. Although he made sure that we lived a pretty comfortable life, I would often see him foregoing his needs and wants to fulfil those of his family. So, I wondered about how different our lives could have been if my mom (or me as the oldest child) were working along with him. I believe that a person
His parents were very hard workers, his father was an air brake mechanic, at the