Blog #1 new semester

In Hemingway's The Sun Also Rises, Romero is viewed as a hero. In his bullfighting, he is very genuine compared to the other bullfighters; he truly works close to the bull when others only appear to work close. He is tackling his task head-on and comes out victorious in his fights even though he is younger than the other "great" fighters. He is victorious because of his truly genuine style; with his style he exhibits "grace under pressure". The aficionados--such as Jake and Montoya--recognize Romero's gift; Jake and Montoya do not want Romero's gift to go to waste by him being corrupted and going down the same path as many other bullfighters had. Many bullfighters--especially the good ones--were corrupted by their fame; they took advantage of their skill and fame to get stuff, they did not love the sport as much and as thoroughly as the competition and for that they left Spain for bigger things. But, like many heroes, Romero can create enemies. Because Jake loves Brett so much he betrays the sport he loves and the young fighter by setting them up together; this sets off a chain reaction that corrupts Romero and creates enemies. Romero is first corrupted by Brett who is only attracted to him because he is a new piece of meat and he is a rising bullfighter. He, like the other bullfighters, let his gift go to his head and he was using it for things other than bullfighting. Romero's first enemy was Cohn. Cohn thinks that he is Brett's one and only true love, but when he finds her and Romero together, he loses his calm and collective demeanor and beats Romero relentlessly. Romero, trying to retain his dignity, fought back but to no avail; he had already lost his values as a hero. No matter how strong Romero, like many heroes, gave into corruption, created enemies, and lost his heroic values..
Today's heroes are very much the same as those like Romero; they are tough and graceful in hard situations. There are many different types of heroes in our society today from local heroes like fire-fighters and volunteers to superheroes in comics like Batman, Spiderman, and Superman. There is a huge riff between the types of heroes in modern society, but the gap is bridged by their courage and and ability to confront dangerous situations. To juxtapose modern heroes to those like Romero, I will use Spiderman as an example. He receives a superhuman power and initially uses it for good. He helped the city and was encouraged by the citizens. But, he eventually created enemies like the Green Goblin. The Green Goblin attempted to corrupt Spiderman by trying to make him evil. The Goblin, unlike Brett, did not succeed in destroying the hero's values. Spiderman continued to save people and use his powers and bravery for good; if Romero had stood up to the pressure and recognized the corruption, he would have retained his heroic values.
Modern heroes have the same values and are looked up to very much like Romero. Romero was very good at what he did; for that, many looked up to him. The aficionados that watched him adored him for his graceful skill working the bull. Other fighters looked up to him even though he was only nineteen years old. This is very much like today; people look up to heroes. A child's hero could be a famous baseball player; the athlete is very good at what he does and the child looks up to him because he wants to be able to be just as good as the athlete one day. Another kid's hero could be their parents. The parents encourage him in school and in other aspects of his life; when he has children, he wants to encourage them and mold them into outstanding citizens just like his parents did for him. Basically, a hero is anyone that is good at what they do and people look up to them for that.