A hero is a man noted for courage strength and honor. Heroes exist in many different forms throughout literature. Several heroes studied in class were Beowulf, William Wallace, John Savage, and Vincent Freeman. All of these are considered heroes for different reason through their different journeys.
             Every journey begins with a call. For Beowulf it was his fate to fight off the terrible monster. During the time this was written, fate and destiny were strong elements in literature. William Wallace saw the problems all around him of the English oppression of Scotland. His call came when an English lord killed his wife. This started his quest. John Savage began thinking differently then the government created society in which he lived. However, due to impulses sent to the brain by the government he could not complete thoughts. All of the people in the society were constantly doped up in soma and had no real freedom or personalities. His quest was to free his peoples minds. Vincent Freeman was born from natural causes in a world where people were genetically created from the best genes of both parents. He always longed to go to space, but due to his genetic inferiority, he would never be able to. However, there were ways of using false identification, from I.D. cards right down to DNA helixes. When he learned of this he decided to try it as a last resort.
             Another leg of a hero's journey is the challenge that the hero must over come. In Beowulf's case he needed to over come both Grendel and his mother in order to save Hrothgar's men from being attacked. He fought bravely to defeat Grendel, the used a magical sword to defeat the mother. William Wallace watched his own wife be killed. He rallied armies and fought bravely to free Scotland. His journey lived on in his death because he refused to beg mercy when he was finally apprehended. Do to his courageous actions, Scotland continued to fight and w...