The Man In The Water Summary

The Man in the Water by Roger Rosenblatt makes you look at life in a different way than any other person could. He shows us that there are many kinds of people in this world, from people that do things for themselves, and others that would die to save someone else's life. Rosenblatt tells us about The Man in the Water after the plane crashes and how he doesn’t swim away from everyone but, takes five people to the helicopter to survive the disaster. The man in the water helped survivors of the plane crash and saved many lives . Rosenblatt’s responds to the fact that The Man in the Water lost his life to save others was that he was impressed and surprised that there are people willing to give their lives to save others.

Crowther could have ran away from the other people when the planes hit, but he chose not to spare himself, but to save others and sacrifice his own life. In the documentary, The Man in the Red Bandana, which talks about a common hero who gave up his life to save others, it states,” Instinct grabbed him and he immediately tried to save lives.’’ This quote shows how Crowther, by nature, helps people. Also how he

An unknown man sacrificed his life for strangers. After he was saved he jumped back into the water and started swimming towards people in the crash. Once he got to the people in the water, the helicopter repeatedly sent down a life raft that he passed off to other people “every time they lowered a lifeline and flotation rings to him he passed it on to another passengers”.. This shows moral courage because any other person would have thought about themselves before any other person a stranger at that. This unknown man sacrificed his life for others standing up for what was right and what he believed in.

The villagers are the ones who discussed the great tragedy that was his life, the villagers were the ones to envision him as an ever growing giant; the villagers are the ones who made a simple, average man, into Esteban, The Handsomest Drowned Man In The World. And in doing so, in creating this character of Esteban, they had been able to become what they wanted to be, Esteban’s village. While the drowned man had no purpose when he first came to the small community, he left with one; Esteban would forever be remembered as a man of that small fishing

Sophocles states that “But the hand that struck my eyes was mine, mine alone--no one else-- I did it all myself!” (Oedipus-1469-1471). Oedipus is owning up to his own actions and establishes his own sense of moral responsibility because he does not blame the gods for what happened, but himself. He says that “the hand that struck my eyes” were his own, expressing that he chose to blind himself due to the great moral responsibility he feels to own up for the action he did. The drive of curiosity and the consequences of complex minds do not just apply to Oedipus. Sophocles provides an excerpt from Teiresias stating, “Alas, how terrible is wisdom when it brings no profit to the man that 's wise!

Mr. Johnson goal was to give people to stand up even after a beat down. The further reason of why Mr. Johnson move was heroic is that the whole text is wise, but to be clever with word and be wise to pretty strong. Because everyone will not understand if the text is just normal saying, you don’t need to understand everything so that people can understand you. Be Strong and Brave, it can be creative writing. Write a paragraph explaining why did the person in this text act heroically On forward, “If we must die, by Claude McKay 1919”, McKay acted heroically when he used his using writing to give people strength.

The value of fault depends on the reaction that follows it. Such as the honor Sir Gawain had received when he returned that proved that people had learned something from his mistakes. The green sashes King Arthur had declared every knight to wear in honor of him exemplifies the point he had tried to get across to the knights. He made it a point to recognize that humans will be human and they must honor that. Also, that Sir Gawain had no clue that he was going to live and he approached death with much courage which he can present to the knights for them to learn from.

In “The Handsomest Drowned Man in the World,” it states, “they held the most splendid funeral.” The following quote presents the meaning that the people cared for the drowned man. This quote presents a difference from the story “The Very Old Man with Enormous Wings,” in the way that the townspeople in this story put the angel-like man in an old chicken coop. Another difference shown through the story “The Handsomest Drowned Man in the World,” is the townspeople were sad to see the drowned man go. In “The Handsomest Drowned Man in the World,” it states, “it wasn’t necessary for them to look at one another to realize that they were not complete, nor would they ever be again.” The following quote presents the meaning that the townspeople did not want to see the drowned man leave them. This quote presents a difference from the story “The Very Old Man with Enormous Wings,” in the way that the townspeople were glad that the angel-like man was finally leaving them alone.

A hero’s purpose is to sacrifice his life while trying to aid others. Beowulf sees this as an opportunity to make himself be known; he believes those who have fought should be remembered through time. Throughout Beowulf’s heroic journey, he fought for a loyal cause, he followed the code of honor, and showed courageous bravery. From time to time, Beowulf always showed that he cared for everyone other than himself. When Beowulf hears that the king needed aid to help defeat grendel, he never second guessed his decision.

Even in death Bob Ewell’s fate got to him, he will soon be forgotten and any memory people have of him will be the rude drunk of Maycomb, as he was. Finally Heck, keeping silent about the true nature of Ewell’s death was a reward for Boo’s actions. Boo is a kind soul. We have no proof that he’s ever done anything to hurt anyone and we know he risked his own life to save the lives of Jem and Scout when he had absolutely no obligation to. Exposing Boo’s heroic actions would bring him to be the center of the public eye and it would truly be the end of his happiness.

Brian swam out to get the survival pack from the plane but dropped the hatchet he has while doing. The hatchet that helped him throughout this whole disaster. But then he became determined to get it back, he had to get it back before it was lost forever, and he did. He got it back and got the survival pack from the plane. All that was inside the survival pack all it’s riches.

Special Agent Leonard Hatton was on his way to work that fatal morning when the towers were struck and he responded immediately. Although Hatton wasn 't tasked with responding to emergencies he still went and saved many lives. He served the country as a Marian, a firefighter, an FBI agent(Heros to Remember) and he gave his life during the country’s time of need. Ordinary people came to do amazing things on this day including Tom Burnett who was the COO and vice president of Thoratec Corporation and was on flight 93 when he noticed it had been hijacked like the others. Himself and other passengers decided to fight back and gain control of the plane.

When Perry is given the option to return to the United States early because of his medical profile, he declines. Perry knew that without him, the squad would be one man short; therefore, he risked his life in order to protect his friends. Another man who displayed heroism was Lieutenant Carroll. A squad member named Brew described a firefight where Lieutenant Carroll risked his life to save the entire squad. He said, “When the chips were down, he put his ass on the line for the guys” (Myers

Operation Nucflash On the Seahawk helicopter sat Cliff Stewart and the three other men of the Navy’s Special Operation team tasked with disarming dangerous explosives. They were returning from a successful mission and had just touched down on the deck of the USS Patriot when Cliff, the team 's leader received a call. “Lieutenant Stewart,” said a clipped voice, “this is Captain Wilson, Admiral Davidson’s chief of staff.” Cliff was suddenly alert, “Yes, sir.” “The admiral wants to see you in the war room, immediately.” Before Cliff could respond the line went dead. The USS Patriot was enormous and even though Cliff was moving as fast as he could, it still took him five minutes to navigate the 168 feet from the landing platform to the entrance of the war room. Standing outside the door, Cliff suddenly felt nervous; he had never been requested by the admiral, so it must be extremely important.

Beowulf chose to risk his life, he takes responsibility for his actions, living by taking pure risks as. Since he want’s to be a heroic figure he risked his life to uphold his reputation. Also when Hrothgar is making speeches, a quote comes up “Heroism is more than noble language, dignity. Inner heroism, that’s the trick! Glorious carbuncle of the soul!