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Indiana Jones: A Tragic Hero

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The tragic hero that I am describing in this essay goes by the name of Henry Jones Jr., but is more widely recognized by his nickname, Indiana Jones, which was given to him during his times of archaeological quests to retrieve ancient artifacts. Jones worked as a college professor in Marshall College, the University of Princeton, and Barnett College, where he expertised in archaeological studies. His starter movie, Raiders of The Last Ark, saw him being recruited by the United States Government to discover the Ark of the Covenant before the Nazis. In the film, Indy shows many courageous feats, as well as his fair share of misadventures that see him being held captive in the Nazi’s hands and the ark now out of his possession. Indiana Jones

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