What makes the person an Australian hero? Victor Chang had become an Australian hero by his works. He was a famous heart surgeon. He had completed 300 successful heart, heart-lung and single lung transplants. A famous Australian cardiac and transplantation surgeon. Who is this person – brief history of this person? Born to Australian born parents. Aubrey Chang (dad) born in Tamworth and May Chang (mum) born in north New South Wales. Victor chang was born on November 21st 1936 at Shanghai, China. Victor had stayed in shanghai until his family had to travel to Hong Kong due to the Sino-Japanese war. He had died from a failed extortion. On July 4th 1991. He was shot twice. What have they contributed to the community/general Australian society?
Phuong Ngo was born in South Vietnam he had made several unsuccessful attempts to flee the country after the fall of Saigon. Although in January 1981, he made his 13th attempt, and succeeded to arriving in Australia.
His death was the result of numerous violent acts that followed. He was beaten, and shot in an eye, an ear and most of his teeth were gouged out before his body was thrown into the Tallahatchie River, weighed down by a 70-pound cotton gin.
was killed by a single gunman. On November 22, 1963, at 12:30 p.m. CST (Central
“If the path before you is clear, you're probably on someone else's.” (Joseph Campbell). Every character walks through an astringent journey throughout their lifetimes. This journey can be viewed as the Hero’s Journey. Undertaking the journey of the hero can elevate the character achievement. The protagonist of The Catcher in the Rye--Holden Caulfield with no exception undergoes the journey. Holden’s journey ventures beyond what he is able to endure, forcing him into the unknown territory. Holden received the quest call to adventure, and responded to the call for the journey when he left Pencey prep school. Holden accepted the call, faced his challenges struggling through hardships and oppression, with helps from the guidance, he then eventually returned to his comfortable world with a tremendous intellect and physical transformation giving a closure to his journey.
As written in the book The Boxer Rebellion and the Great Game in China by David J. Silbey, the author gives an account of the Boxer Rebellion. David J. Silbey, the author gives an account using allied soldier and diplomat’s letters and diaries of the Boxer Rebellion. The Boxer Rebellion is an anti-foreigner movement in China during 1900. The conclusion of this rebellion lead to China having signed the Boxer Protocol in September 1901(Page 225). This treaty entailed the Chinese paying reparations to the United States, Russia, Britain, Germany, France, Japan, Italy, and Austria-Hungary.
mysteriously found dead in one of the rooms. Although he was highly esteemed for his wealth and
On January 24, 1989, a handsome and charming man by the name of Theodore (Ted) Robert Bundy was put to death at 7:16 am by a Florida state prison electric chair due to a conviction of murdering Lisa Levy and Margaret Bowman. Before being electrocuted he confessed to 28 other murders (Bundy, 1999).
his life with petty crime in Brooklyn, New York. After escalating his way up in
...25, 1947 when he died of cardiac arrest at his Palm Island palace-in Biscayne Bay,In Florida, Just eight days after his 48th birthday.
On September 7,1996, Tupac Shakur had just left a wrestling match and was at a traffic light when he was shot by a African American male in a white Cadillac. Tupac was allegedly rushed to the hospital and treated for severe gunshot wounds. 2Pac died six days later on September 16,1996, after his mom, Afeni, took him off of life support. This is the news story that everyone hears how 2Pac “died”.
...domestic abuse, and drug intoxication even after his incident.79 King walked around with a bullet proof vest due to receiving many threats, even years after his incident.80 On June 17, 2012, King was found dead in his swimming pool in California at the age of 47.
He spent his last two years in a federal prison in a Atlanta. In 1934, he was eventually caught trying to bribe guards and was sent to Alcatraz which was isolated from the entire world and in the middle of the ocean. He then started to suffer from poor health issues. He caught syphilis as a young man and he was severely suffering from neurosyphilis of the brain causing him to have dementia. In 1939, he was sent to a mental hospital in Baltimore, he resided there for three years. He spent his final days in Miami with his wife Mae and died of cardiac arrest on January 25,
He was killed with a shot to the heart on the 24th of March, 1980, at age 62. The day before he was killed, he did a speech for the army; one that invited mutiny. It went something along the lines of:
The Greatest Concentration of Bruce Lees life was spent trying to become better at both martial arts and acting. Bruce lee was born on November 27, 1940 in San Francisco California. He was born at Jackson street hospital to Lee Hoi-Chun and Grace Lee. They named him Jun-Fan, meaning "Return again Lee" in hopes he would one day return to the US. His father was originally from china but he was in America a traveling opera star.
The sketchy part about the whole story is that he was cremated immediately after he died, the next day. Why would they cremate a murder victim the day after the murder? That is a question that remains to be unanswered. The memorial services were canceled in both Los Angeles and Atlanta.