Do they even exist? What do we know about them? How are they made if so? I could keep going on with questions but I think that we all have a different definition of a hero; well what is the general definition of a superhero? In mythology and legend, a man, often of divine ancestry, who is endowed with great courage and strength, celebrated for his bold exploits, and favored by the gods. And for us is a person noted for feats of courage or nobility of purpose, especially one who has risked or sacrificed his or her life such as: soldiers and nurses who were heroes in an unpopular war. That what I think is the general definition for all of what hero means. In my class we read a couple of stories that deal with heroes and how they had to all give something u in order to win at the end or to keep a good life. We had Gilgamesh who wanted immortality but found out the hard way to notice that life is too precious to waste and became a very good wise men and help his country to live in a better society. In the other hand we have a king that wanted to be the best king for his people and gods. But since people were dying for the plague because some one had killed the king before Oedipus that he tells his country to help him to find this imposter but the big twist is that all this time he is the murderer. And once a prophet tells him that it's him he's in denial then to later to find out that it was him before all of this so he killed his own dad and so he is exiled for there and never to return. And as for Ramayana well throughout the whole story his fighting then at the end he realize that he had fought dirty and he didn't like it and now he is in pain, and feeling guilty not proud and so he loses his pride. Now the question is how are all the heroes the same? And its simple they all have to encounter task or missions to prove that he is worthy of such a genre hero. They all have downfalls and most of all they all have to carry a ...