We are beginning to choose our classic and contemporary heroes and heroines. Here's a sampling of which heroes and heroines made the cut.
- The Greek Guys: Herakles, Jason, Perseus, Odysseus, Achilles, and Prometheus
- The Greek Women--these are goddesses, actually, who live out a heroine's story: Persephone & Psyche
- The Biblical Guys: Moses & Jonah
- and, last but not least, the Brits: Arthur & Beowulf
Contemporary heroes and heroines really run the gamut--a wonderful diversity:
- Ender, of course
- Katniss from the Hunger Games, of course
- Jamal in Slumdog Millionaire
- Atticus in To Kill a Mockingbird
- Antwone Fisher in the movie of the same name and in the memoir, Finding Fish
- Frodo
- Anakin
- Luke Skywalker, maybe
- Elizabeth Bennett from Pride and Prejudice
- Emma, another Jane Austen heroine, maybe
- The Dark Knight, maybe
- Sayuri, in Memoirs of a Geisha
- Memphis Raines in Gone in Sixty Seconds (I feel better knowing now that he stole the cars to save his brother's life.)
- Annie, in The Invisible
- William, in A Knight's Tale
- Elaine, in Avalon High
- Someone in The Rocky Horror Picture Show
- And more . . .
No comments:
Post a Comment