Athena And Makenzie: What Makes Someone A Hero?

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What Makes Someone a Hero?

A hero is a social superior, the apple of everyone’s eye, and is a tiny spec of hope in a much to hateful world. By basic definition, a hero is a person who is admired or idealized for courage, outstanding achievements, or noble qualities. Two people have shown their willingness to take on a hero title, Athena, from Homer’s The Odyssey and Stephanie Erickson’s Mackenzie. While Athena is a goddess and has mythical powers, it is clear that Mackenzie deserves this title more.
While it is true that both Athena and Mackenzie are smart, Makenzie most definitely exhibits greater skills. To begin, Athena is smart. According to the text, “First I will disguise you as an old beggar. Then go to your swineherd…” (Homer …show more content…

To begin, Athen is helpful. As Homer states, “With my help, you will make sure thatt that evil day day never comes. Dearest of men, remember how I once…” (Homer 60) Yes, it is true that Athena is helpful to save men from evil, however she only does this again because she favors Odysseus. To conside, Athena may save men from dreaded evil, but Makenzie helps fight the Potateas which are highly skilled. When Stephanie Erickson says that Makenzie can save several thousand people by helping David, Tracy, Owen etc, she really means it. It would be right to think that her entire faculty would be helping Makenzie, but really, no one is helpful, smart, brave enough to do the task. Yet even more helpful than saving thousands Makenzie is more helpful than Athena because she has an ability to save humanity. According to the text, Makenzie had a difficult time when she started to use her mind reading powers, but she knew of she continued she would have to ability not very many have. Many do believe mind reading is easy, but it must also be said that it means to hear everyone’s “inside voice” and Athena only helps Odysseus to make her look

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