Our Heroes - warming up to "Heroes in Literature"

If you have already had a look, you will have seen that the title of Unit 3 in Quest is "Heroes in Literature". In this chapter, Hartmann and Blass (2007) lead us through an academic exploration of how heroes function in literature.

We are now going to discuss the introductory questions on the opening page, 193, of chapter 6, except that rather than discuss them in groups as Hartmann and Blass had in mind, we are going to write down our responses in a blog post, on each of which we can then comment.

So, start your new blog post, for which I suggest "Xxxx's Heroes" or something similar with your name in it for a title, and then write for 15 minutes. You should be able to write two or three decent paragraphs on the ideas that come to mind in response to Hartmann and Blass's questions on page 193:

• Who were your heroes when you were a child? 
• How have your ideas of heroism changed since then? 
• What qualities make someone a hero?

There is no need to discuss these questions in any particular order, or even to discuss them all as separate questions. Their purpose is to get you thinking. Your job is to write down what you think in clear sentences, one after another. I suggest you not spend more than 10 seconds planning. This is response writing, so just start writing, and that will likely suggest the next idea, perhaps a detail or perhaps something quite different. When you want to make a larger change, start a new paragraph. 

Go. 

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Reference

Hartmann, P., & Blass, L. (2007). Quest 3 Reading and Writing, (2nd ed.). New York: McGraw-Hill.