athletic heroes
Are there any sport heroes left in society today or have they all diminished? There are people who believe that there are sport heroes in todays society and there are people who believe that there is no such thing as sport heroes nowadays. When socie is at two different poles then there are three characteristics of athletes that need to be looked at in order to see from which perspective the pessimistic and optimistic people are coming from. These three characteristics are: shallowness, flawed co lexity, and compartmentalization. There is also another controversy of whether antiheroes are heroes or not. For shallowness, pessimists believe that athletes do not have the traditional characteristics of heroes (helping others successfully) and that they are noticed because of their fame, fortune and good looks. They think that athletes should not be consi red as athletes but should be seen as celebrities.
ld be less negative influence on society. However, optimists believe that athletes have lots of depth of character and are strong and healthy and are influential heroes. I agree with the pessimists to some extent, but I agree more so with the For flawed complexity, pessimists strongly believe that media is used to reveal the athlete. Optimists view athletes as of social variety, flexibility and tolerance of self-criticism. A pessimist named Rader thinks that society before seeked national es do not have good character and therefore are not good role models. For example, Michael Jordan had fame, fortune and good looks and he was a good hero. There are people who look upto him and who want to be like him. Even though he does not play ba Johnson can be influential in negative ways because he used steroids (drugs) to excel in sports and some people might think that by using steroids they can get better results in whatever
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Approximate Word count = 633
Approximate Pages = 3 (250 words per page double spaced)
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