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