Analysis Of The Warrior Ethos

What is a warrior you may ask? A warrior is a person beyond all obstacles still manages to be successful. People say they want to be successful but do you really want to be successful or do you just kinda want it? “If you want to succeed as bad as you want to breathe, then you’ll be successful.” A warrior always preserves in the end. Who are you? Who would you like to be? A warrior follows a code of conduct that makes there way of life guided by honor courage and commitment. The Warrior Ethos is written by one of the few. Steven Pressfield a Marine.

The purpose behind the writing of this book is to give readers a better look on what it takes to be a warrior and what comes along with it. The author shows how men and women from the past and present have used ethos and applied them to their day-to-day life. The Spartans are referenced quite a few times in the book because of how courageous they were. Their motto was ”Death before dishonor” meaning you’re willing to bite the dust over something rather than the disreputable demonstration be completed and remain by doing nothing.

Beds were not permitted but had to make nest from reeds gathered from a river which could not be cut with there xyele but with only their bare hands. They were fed pig’s-blood porridge and could not cry. Every year there was a foot race where they ran ten miles with a mouth full of water that they could not swallow but had to spit out at the finish. If that's not motivating then I don't know what