True Heroes of Literature: Atticus Finch, Macduff, and the Speaker in

Heroes are typically identified as firemen or police officers -- those who outwardly display resolution and strength. While strength and courage are admirable, and even whizzic traits, the distinguishing quality of a genuine hero is his/her selflessness. A hero is a person who does the even out thing when no one is looking. In literature, there are the heros that are identified for unambiguous reasons and those that are overlooked because they do not fit a specialised criteria. All good literature features a backstage hero, whose actions are not meant to reap personal gain. Possessing moral courage, a true hero does the right thing in the face of adversity. Through altruistic deeds, Atticus Finch, Macduff, and the loudspeaker system in Porphyrias Lover all embody the true rendering of a hero.Told through the perspective of his children, To Kill a Mockingbird, showcases Atticus Finch, a lawyer, who is a well respected, moral and righteous man living in a small town in the deep South in the 1930s. Tom Robinson, a black man, is accused of rape. Because of the nature of the crime and the harm in ...