Carlyle Hero

Carlyle believes that heros are just common people. He also sees them as a sign of "spiritual disease" (Horton 607). 

Hero Description 

The hero I made is kind of like a transformer. He can be many things and disguise himself. This is attributed to his chameleon skin that allows him to morph into different people. Depending upon the environment around him, my hero can disguese himself in order to blend in. "...that Hero can be Poet, Prophet, King, Priest or what you will, according to the kind of world he finds himself born into..." (Horton 608). Just like how my hero can change his looks according to where he is, Carlyle states a Hero is someone who is shaped by "the kind of world he finds himself born into." So the main similarity between Carlyle's hero and my hero is that the world/environment they are placed in determines who they are. 

Works Cited

Carlyle, Thomas. "On Heros, Hero-Worship, and the Heroic in History." British Literature. Ed. Ronald H. Horton. Greenville, SC: BJU Press 2003. 607-608. Print

Timeless Themes

Connections between Jane Eyre and "The Reason"

In "The Reason" it talks about the person being imperfect and for making many mistakes. Jane is imperfect and makes many mistakes. The reason she tries to change and learn from these mistakes to strive to be more perfect, is because of Mr. Rochester. But she knows they are from two different worlds. The song also says "And so I have to say before I go" which says that the person is leaving or giving up like Jane. She has realized that he is out of her league and has now given up.

Connections between Jane Eyre and "It Ends Tonight"

I think that "It Ends Tonight" had the most simliarities to Jane Eyre. The song is about breaking up, but it can be related to Jane and her situation. It talks about the someone giving another stress, which becomes the reason why "it ends tonight". For Jane, falling in love with Mr. Rochester gives her stress. It makes her jealous of the women around Mr. Rochester and brings her sadness that he doesn't have the same feelings for her. Just as the person in the song has given up to relieve their stress, so has Jane.

"It Ends Tonight" by The All American Rejects

Your subtleties

They strangle me

I can't explain myself at all.

And all the wants

And all the needs

All I don't want to need at all.

The walls start breathing

My mind's unweaving

Maybe it's best you leave me alone.

A weight is lifted

On this evening

I give the final blow.

When darkness turns to light,

It ends tonight

It ends tonight.

A falling star

Least I fall alone.

I can't explain what you can't explain.

You're finding things that you didn't know

I look at you with such disdain 

The walls start breathing

My mind's unweaving

Maybe it's best you leave me alone.

A weight is lifted

On this evening

I give the final blow.

When darkness turns to light

It ends tonight,

It ends tonight.

Just a little insight won't make this right

It's too late to fight

It ends tonight,

It ends tonight.

Now I'm on my own side

It's better than being on your side

It's my fault when you're blind

It's better that I see it through your eyes

All these thoughts locked inside

Now you're the first to know

When darkness turns to light

It ends tonight,

It ends tonight.

Just a little insight won't make this right

It's too late to fight

It ends tonight,

It ends 

When darkness turns to light

It ends tonight,

It ends tonight.

Just a little insight won't make this right

It's too late to fight

It ends tonight,

It ends tonight.

Tonight

Insight

When darkness turns to light,

It ends tonight.