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The lack of heroes in modern society has become a result of the high expectations set by Americans. “The American hero is a very different role model from his ancient Greek and Norse counterparts” (Burke). Americans want heroes
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Where Are Our Heroes? How would our world differ if we still had heroes such as Hercules, Zeus, and Beowulf as role models to guide us in the right direction? Chances deem that society's safety and evil-free environment with no three-headed monsters or evil creatures to interfere with our lives would finally exist. However, the world we live in today does not contain the fictitious heroes of that stature anymore. If one were to look "hero" up in the dictionary, it would read as "a person that contains such characteristics as courage, strength, wisdom, honesty, and morality." A hero possesses any of these traits yet, more commonly, it also describes objects of little importance. Through the word's overuse, hero has lost its meaning and has also lost its value to people in today's society. While the complexity of a hero makes it difficult to find a real hero for use...
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