I would say that he is the hero of his own life. I believe this mostly for the same reasons he is the character I admire most. His life is total crap in a lot of ways. His father dies before he is born. His step father is evil. He goes to an evil environment at Salem house. He is forced to work in a factory at a young age. His good friend Mr. Barkis dies. His wife dies. Through it all he manages to press on. Many of these things would cause people to despair, to become evil or to hate the world but David keeps his head up and manages to come out of all the crap in his life alright. For this reason David is the hero.
I would describe David’s life as a heroic character. I look at his life as a struggle with himself to mature and become a man. Throughout the novel, he is presented with many challenges and situations. Throughout the novel he has his bad moments, like getting drunk at the theatre, and his good moments like going to be with Barkis when he dies. Sometimes David makes the right choice; sometimes he makes the wrong choice. His whole life is a journey of choices, and his ultimate goal is to mature and become a man. In the end of the novel, I think David has overcome the challenges and trials of life, certainly not an easy feat, and something that is admirable. Consider how many people give into life’s temptations and trials and don’t become a mature person. There are drug addicts, criminals, and many other people who cannot handle the challenges life throws their way and they fall into ways of life that are not so good. David is able to handle the tests of life such as a failed marriage, poverty, loss of a parent, child labor, a bad school and many other problems. His ability to cope with these problems makes him seem like a hero to me. Though he is not a perfect person by any stretch of the imagination, David, I think, is able to do more good in life than he does evil, and he does not fall into evil. This, especially considering all the temptations and trials we go through today and relating David’s life to my own, makes me have quite a bit of respect for David’s ability to make it through life. So yes, I would call him heroic.
♥David displays many heroic characteristics in the novel, so he is a hero of his own life. A huge part of being named a hero is to demonstrate a large amount of perseverance in order to achieve a goal. Heroes do not give up. David was sucker punched with so many obstacles, but he overcomes every single one. His mother dies, and her widowed husband abuses him...David finds a family elsewhere and a place to call home. David attends a horrible school, where they beat him...he holds out for a better school, and he works his way to the top of the class. His aunt becomes broke...David does everything in his power to work his way out of the debt. David tries to find love in Dora...he realizes that he was idolizing her, and then he finds true love in Agnes. These are only a few examples of David’s perseverance out of a lot. While I was reading the novel, I felt like almost everything David tried to do was a failure, but he found a way over his failures every single time. I believe that most people in his situation would have given up a lot earlier, but David never gives up. He reaches his goal, a goal many people struggle to attain, and that goal is true happiness.
Of course David is the hero of his own life. He is the main character. No one else is as described in depth as David. No one else does as much good or goes through as much change as David. Pegotty does a lot of good and so does Aunt Betsy. But they are not focused on as much as David. David matures throughout the novel and learns a great deal. He becomes more independent and learns to deal with suffering and tragedy. He also overcomes a lot of barriers in the forms of people as the Murdstones, Uriah Heep, and even Steerforth. David is the hero because he is presented with the most opportunities to become the hero of his own life.
David is definitely the hero of his life. Personally, I think that David was being modest when he said that. Yes, his naivety brought some hardship in his life, but heroes are not perfect, in fact, many of them have a major flaw. In David's case, it is his innocence. However, David is a very hardworking and determined person in all stages of his life. Anything that he had, he worked hard for it. He struggles with love, money, good and evil, and eventually he emerges as a successful, happy adult, with a classic "happily ever after" type feel.
I think that you could consider David a hero, but not by terms as like a super hero or a hero from a war. He is a hero because he conquered his most troubled areas in his life. From having to live with the Murdstones, to his first awful job at the factory, to meeting the first love of his life and losing her in Little Emily. The fact that he does truly find what makes him happy, even though his life had some pretty dark moments. He kept his sight on the goal, although some altercations with alcohol came into sight, he always pushed ahead.
David is completely a hero in his own life. It is one of the most obvious statements that I can think of. No one knows more than David Copperfield about all that he has had to experience in his life. As I discussed in my previous question about whom I admire most (David), he has gone through so much suffering in his life that the fact that he has even become happy is incredible. David fully understands what life is all about at the end of the novel. His heroism can be found in his ability to always end up on top of the world- Uriah is in prison, Steerforth is dead, Dora is dead, that freaking dog Jip is dead, etcetera. But, David is happily living with the love of his life, Agnes. David took all of his shortcomings and sufferings in his life and turned them into positives. I always say we are what our struggles make us- and David Copperfield is a truly standup man because of his struggles.
I would agree that David is the main hero of his life. Despite all of the adversities that life has thrown at him he has managed to surmount them and come out on top. I don't believe for one second that someone else was the hero of his life. Yes, he may have had some help along the way, but ultimately we are the products of what we make of ourselves. At the end of the novel, David is happily living with Agnes and it is all because of his own will and hard work and suffering. For his sheer strength of character and unshakeable faith David Copperfield is the hero of his life.
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I would say that he is the hero of his own life. I believe this mostly for the same reasons he is the character I admire most. His life is total crap in a lot of ways. His father dies before he is born. His step father is evil. He goes to an evil environment at Salem house. He is forced to work in a factory at a young age. His good friend Mr. Barkis dies. His wife dies. Through it all he manages to press on. Many of these things would cause people to despair, to become evil or to hate the world but David keeps his head up and manages to come out of all the crap in his life alright. For this reason David is the hero.
I would describe David’s life as a heroic character. I look at his life as a struggle with himself to mature and become a man. Throughout the novel, he is presented with many challenges and situations. Throughout the novel he has his bad moments, like getting drunk at the theatre, and his good moments like going to be with Barkis when he dies. Sometimes David makes the right choice; sometimes he makes the wrong choice. His whole life is a journey of choices, and his ultimate goal is to mature and become a man. In the end of the novel, I think David has overcome the challenges and trials of life, certainly not an easy feat, and something that is admirable. Consider how many people give into life’s temptations and trials and don’t become a mature person. There are drug addicts, criminals, and many other people who cannot handle the challenges life throws their way and they fall into ways of life that are not so good. David is able to handle the tests of life such as a failed marriage, poverty, loss of a parent, child labor, a bad school and many other problems. His ability to cope with these problems makes him seem like a hero to me. Though he is not a perfect person by any stretch of the imagination, David, I think, is able to do more good in life than he does evil, and he does not fall into evil. This, especially considering all the temptations and trials we go through today and relating David’s life to my own, makes me have quite a bit of respect for David’s ability to make it through life. So yes, I would call him heroic.
♥David displays many heroic characteristics in the novel, so he is a hero of his own life. A huge part of being named a hero is to demonstrate a large amount of perseverance in order to achieve a goal. Heroes do not give up. David was sucker punched with so many obstacles, but he overcomes every single one. His mother dies, and her widowed husband abuses him...David finds a family elsewhere and a place to call home. David attends a horrible school, where they beat him...he holds out for a better school, and he works his way to the top of the class. His aunt becomes broke...David does everything in his power to work his way out of the debt. David tries to find love in Dora...he realizes that he was idolizing her, and then he finds true love in Agnes. These are only a few examples of David’s perseverance out of a lot. While I was reading the novel, I felt like almost everything David tried to do was a failure, but he found a way over his failures every single time. I believe that most people in his situation would have given up a lot earlier, but David never gives up. He reaches his goal, a goal many people struggle to attain, and that goal is true happiness.
Of course David is the hero of his own life. He is the main character. No one else is as described in depth as David. No one else does as much good or goes through as much change as David. Pegotty does a lot of good and so does Aunt Betsy. But they are not focused on as much as David. David matures throughout the novel and learns a great deal. He becomes more independent and learns to deal with suffering and tragedy. He also overcomes a lot of barriers in the forms of people as the Murdstones, Uriah Heep, and even Steerforth. David is the hero because he is presented with the most opportunities to become the hero of his own life.
David is definitely the hero of his life. Personally, I think that David was being modest when he said that. Yes, his naivety brought some hardship in his life, but heroes are not perfect, in fact, many of them have a major flaw. In David's case, it is his innocence. However, David is a very hardworking and determined person in all stages of his life. Anything that he had, he worked hard for it. He struggles with love, money, good and evil, and eventually he emerges as a successful, happy adult, with a classic "happily ever after" type feel.
I think that you could consider David a hero, but not by terms as like a super hero or a hero from a war. He is a hero because he conquered his most troubled areas in his life. From having to live with the Murdstones, to his first awful job at the factory, to meeting the first love of his life and losing her in Little Emily. The fact that he does truly find what makes him happy, even though his life had some pretty dark moments. He kept his sight on the goal, although some altercations with alcohol came into sight, he always pushed ahead.
David is completely a hero in his own life. It is one of the most obvious statements that I can think of. No one knows more than David Copperfield about all that he has had to experience in his life. As I discussed in my previous question about whom I admire most (David), he has gone through so much suffering in his life that the fact that he has even become happy is incredible. David fully understands what life is all about at the end of the novel. His heroism can be found in his ability to always end up on top of the world- Uriah is in prison, Steerforth is dead, Dora is dead, that freaking dog Jip is dead, etcetera. But, David is happily living with the love of his life, Agnes. David took all of his shortcomings and sufferings in his life and turned them into positives. I always say we are what our struggles make us- and David Copperfield is a truly standup man because of his struggles.
I would agree that David is the main hero of his life. Despite all of the adversities that life has thrown at him he has managed to surmount them and come out on top. I don't believe for one second that someone else was the hero of his life. Yes, he may have had some help along the way, but ultimately we are the products of what we make of ourselves. At the end of the novel, David is happily living with Agnes and it is all because of his own will and hard work and suffering. For his sheer strength of character and unshakeable faith David Copperfield is the hero of his life.
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