Hemmingway talks about confronting danger head on and the hero's always handle themselves assuredly. Romero displays these qualities many times throughout the story. One of the most obvious times when he handles his danger “head on” is when he is bullfighting. The sport that he is doing is one of the most dangerous sports there is. The bull has no remorse and doesn’t know when he hurts someone. Romero faces this bull day after day. Doing this shows him how much courage he actually has. Romero’s passion for bullfighting gives his life meaning and purpose. Romero is a figure of purity, honesty, strength, and is a hero to some. Today’s modern day hero’s have something in common with Romero: the fact that they have the ability to confront danger and can handle themselves according to the situation. Today, there are so many problems including the economy, problems with terrorism, etc… Government figures are taking these problems and trying to change society. They don’t beat around the bush about how something could maybe be wrong, or it’s not that bad. They go to the head of the problem and deal with it. It shows exactly what their intentions are, to show an example and help. A modern day hero could be, Ronald Regan. Although we don’t think of him as a “hero” like superman or Spiderman but he’s a definition of a modern day hero. Regan fought communism around the world, helped bring down the Soviet Union (USSR). Another kind of hero could be Ghandi. He was the ultimate pacifist. He knew that there were many things wrong with the world, and he dealt with some of them, but in a way a lot of hero’s weren’t use to, without violence.
In the book the Sun Also Rises, Romero shows his qualities on a daily basis. While all the men are in the bar laughing and drinking, a fight breaks out. Romero stands out of the way for a while, and then breaks up the fight simply, with calming words. He has a strange sense about him, like an abgle. He is a good looking man compared to all the other bullfighters and many take a lot of interest in him. But he doesn’t care about the fact that people admire him, because he is modest. But he is only there to do the thing he loves, bullfighting. He also is a simple man; he doesn’t care about many of the things that the other men do. He keeps his mind on his goals and sticks to them. He comes at problems from different angles then the other, he really wants to get to the root of the problem and get over it. Also, throughout the story the other men are really rowdy and loud and constantly drinking. Romero on the other hand is respectful and joins in the fun but is modest about it. He is a symbol to some people and he seems like he doesn’t want anyone to get the wrong idea about him. Romero is the kind of guy that doesn’t follow a crowd; he is always doing something different than others, like bullfighting or just plain old relaxing. Romero doesn’t want any problems or conflict; he is always there to help solve a problem or dispute. Not that he wants people to change the way they act but it seems like he wants people to look at themselves and see that how they handle things is not appropriate. Maybe the people could take a look at the way he handles things and then maybe they could avoid conflict, like he does every day. So yes, Romero could be seen as a hero in the book as well. Although he might not have done as great of things as the people I mentioned earlier but he did things that still helped others. He does it because he wants to, he wants to help.
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