Lance Armstrong Compare And Contrast

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Would you ever take drugs? How about cheat? Or disgrace your elders? Or gods? Arachne’s story is a tale that tells a story, a story of respecting your elders and giving credit to others. The story of the infamous biker; Lance Armstrong isn’t that different, for he was a cheater and a bully. Arachne and Lance are similar in countless ways, none are favorable but they’re still somewhat the same, yet they also have differences, too. Arachne was an extremely talented weaver, since she was so talented Athena, the goddess of wisdom, war and the arts, nurtured her talent and became her teacher. Arachne soon became influenced by her fame and claims that her tapestries are all her skill, artistry and rigorous work and that Athena had no part in it. Arachne claims that she exceeded Athena, so she challenges her to a weaving contest, in conclusion she’s turned into a minute spider and instead of not being able to weave forever, she has to weave forever. …show more content…

Armstrong won the infamous biking race; Tour de France a record seven times in a row. His life was perfect, he had countless fans and supporters, and once he announced that he was a cancer survivor that number doubled. He was an inspiration to people around the world, but he had a secret that would bring his world crashing down. For years while competing he had been taking performance enhancing drugs (PEDs). He had cheated his way to the top and finally the world knew, their idol was a fraud. He had betrayed them, Would they ever forgive him? In addition to taking drugs himself, he had forced his team to use them and threatened to kick them off if they refused. Nobody refused. Armstrong was also a bully, for if anyone came to him with an accusation of any sort, especially about PEDs, he would embarrass them with his status as a cancer

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