Living Live

You know, I love the idea of "facebook" and other social networking sites, but I think they might be taking things a little too far.  Like when ever you post a status it tells you where you are now! Do you want people knowing where you are all the time?? I didn't think so.  I wish we had the old facebook back where people just had cheesy song lyrics and pictures.  Honestly though, I am glad I have facebook.  Once we graduate I think we're all going to want to keep in touch with our high school classmates! My mom's age group is almost just discovering facebook and it's crazy how many high school friends and old coworkers that she has come back into touch with.  So the question..why are we so "live"?  It's just to keep in touch and stay connected with friends.  I do think things might be on the verge of getting too personal, but as of now social networking sites are a great way to keep friends and keep in touch.  END.

What Makes a Good Hero(t)?

Hmm..What does make a good hero?  Is it valor, courage, leadership? Perfectly Quaffed Hair?! I would say it could be a mixture of a lot of elements (maybe not so much the quaffed hair haha).  When we look at Beowulf we see he is selfless when he shows up to Herot to help fight the beast Grendel who has been tormenting them. When he kills Grendel, he even expresses sorrow that he did not even kill the demon directly so they could have his body as a trophy.  Part of being a good hero is modesty as well.  I feel this might be a characteristics that Beowulf lacks by accepting the steeds and trophies and gold. 

I would say that there really isn't a perfect example of a hero that incorperates the traits of strength, valor, etc.  Beowulf does come extremely close to this though.  The book does foreshadow in the story of the Dane King how the power got to his head and even Hrothgar (how he used to be a good warrior but now he is weak as a warrior now that he is a king) so I'm interested to see if Beowulf will keep his heroic ways when he becomes king, or if he will become like his predcessors.