A Hero?

 Ernest Hemingway believed that a brave hero exhibits "grace under pressure."
But how does one consider what heroism and what is just bron?
       The Sun Also Rises, is a book filled with fallacies. Hemingway's depicted motif of the Parisian 1920's consisted of false morals, relations, and desires. Throughout the book, one can find themselves as a witness to a fake world, built on the physical importance rather than the intimate value. Too often, one can find characters, such as Jake Barnes, possessing the great obsession to have everything he does not. He believes that he is inadequate. Unable to win the heart of the one he loves, Lady Brett, he often shows hostility towards Cohn, the ideal macho man, and often listens to the words of Harvey Stone, who values brandy, more than love and money.
.       Lady Brett, the rather 'loose' cannon, who every man desires, and soon wants to forget. Her non-chalant sexual relation developed from the abuse and fear she supposedly experienced from her first marriage. Now she lives to drain each man of their masculinity, which also becomes the curtain that hides her fear of being alone.
      Cohn, the supposed war veteran, the knock-out boxer, and yet the pompous wannabe. He built this glamour of a macho life back in America, but fears that he can not live up to the hype. In order to prove his self worth, he tries to exhibit a unbreakable persona, that really comes forward as a man with no moral value, as he often tries to better himself by trying to be superior than those around him.
      These characters convey Hemingway's idea behind the destructiveness of sex, excessive drinking and relationships based on false pretences.
     However there is a hero among this all...
        Pedro Romero, a nineteen-year old bull-fighter, is what one would call an aficionado. He serves as the character who completely contrasts every character throughout the book. Romero possesses pride and dignity towards his actions as an individual and a bullfighter. His passion to bullfight gives him a purpose to live rather than the other characters who walk aimlessly through the "Lost Generation." After Cohn, lashes out at Romero, he has the grace to restict himself, preserving not only his pride, but the pride and tradition of a bullfighter. Romero is the ideal man, who stands for pride, dignity, passion and honest.
       What makes a hero?
        Unlike fairy tales, a hero is not a prince who saves the damsel in distress, and lives happily ever after.A hero lives for a purpose and is not quick to overlook the gifts we receive everyday. A hero is one who cherishes everyday, every laugh, every drink, and every breath. A hero is one who takes pride in the life they live, the place they call home, and the work they sweat over. A true hero is a person who does not live for themselves and their own selfish wants. They are not worried about the way some may see them as inadequate, unmanly, or alone. The hero will live to serve their way of life and those who are in it. A true hero is honest. They neither lie to the people the hate, the people they love, nor themselves. They live for a purpose and are not ashamed of it. Most of all, heroes are the people who believe they are just like everyone else. They believe that there is no one below them, or anyone above them. They do not think twice about lending a helping hand to not only the people they know, but the strangers that come their way. For the rest of us who often forget what a true hero is, we do not have to look aimlessly about our lives, nor do we have to prove that they we are worthy of their help. The true heroes are the people who have helped us grow; who have taught us to cherish every moment and to live it to the fullest. Heroes teach us to find honesty within ourselves as well as others, to know that we are worth while. They are the ones who teach us to be  driven to do whatever is needed to make our passion a reality. They are our cause to be better, so that we to can be a true aficionado.