Stories often have a main character that is centered on because he/she fails at some responsibility of theirs or falls short of their goal. In "A Father's Story" written by Andre Dubus, Luke Ripley is...
Heroes are not men with capes or super powers as they are portrayed in American culture today. Heroes are people who transform compassion (a personal virtue) into heroic action (a civic virtue). In...
Annotated Bibliography “On Compassion” Ascher, Barbara. “On Compassion”. 5O Essays. Ed. Samuel Cohen. Boston: Bedford/St. Martin's, 2004. 35-38. Print. Barbara Ascher’s essay offers examples...