Analysis Of Heroism: Why Heroes Are Important, By Scott Labarge

In the article "Heroism: Why Heroes Are Important," Scott LaBarge’s main point is to explain why humanity needs heroes in history. Heroism allows people to learn who they want to be and if they are doing all they can to live up to their hero’s philosophy. These heroes in history have blemishes on their good reputations that make most have a skeptical attitude. The heroes people admire still made an impact on history, and people should still admire them for their honorable deeds. Humanity needs to learn that heroes in our history were still human and made mistakes. We need to have heroes to be better in the future and learn from our mistakes.

The author, Scott LaBarge, is effective in appealing to the audience with techniques. Through ethos,

For example, the author states,” Somehow he convinced me that living deliberately meant becoming a philosopher, and I have not looked back since” (p. 1). With this example, the audience can infer that the author was trying to show that they were qualified. When showing the author is qualified, it would be easier to agree with the statements given. In Logos, the author appeals one way by telling the origins of the word hero with the Greeks. For example, the author affirms that, "a hero was a mortal who had done something so far beyond the normal scope of human experience that he left an immortal memory behind him when he died” (p. 1). With this example, the audience can see the appeal to logos in the facts that the author shows. In pathos, the author appeals through techniques and simple phrases when talking about how past heroes were flawed just like humanity today. An example that the author gives is, "But this dynamic pulls in the other direction as well: these magnificent spirits, these noble souls, amazingly, they are like us, they are