Question

Write a Pre-Writing outline, this is the Prompt: Write a compare-and-contrast analysis of how culture shapes the heroes in Heart of a Samurai and Black Ships Before Troy. Use transition words in your draft to help clarify relationships of ideas.

Answer 1

Culture has a significant impact on heroes. For starters, it influences how a person or character perceives a particular situation or idea, as well as their point of view on a variety of ideas and topics. Next, it has an impact on how the hero is portrayed in the story. Third, it influences how a character reacts to an idea or situation.

Culture has an impact on heroes. We see an example of this in 'Black Ships Before Troy,' where in Achilles' culture, to be a hero, you must be brave and fight. This is also evident in 'Heart of a Samurai,' where Manjiro's culture dictates that in order to be a hero, you must provide for your family.

Answer 2

Manjiro and Achilles cultures helped to shape them in different ways. Lets start with Manjiro. His culture shaped him to be respectful and relatively quiet but also a curious person. His culture taught him that he would have to follow the family line of jobs on his fathers side of his family. Achilles culture shaped him to be rather courageous and strong, maybe religious, but it also shaped him to be rather reckless. His culture taught him that if he went to battle he would most likely live a short life but be remembered by generations to come. Although, both of the boys cultures had a similar view on strength.

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