Was the main character in Hurt Locker a hero? This question may seem simple but I actually am having trouble finding an answer. So what defines a hero? I looked the definition up and according to dictionary.com a hero is “a person noted for courageous acts or nobility of character”. So by definition yes I’d say that James is a hero because he was courageous and what he did by defusing bombs and by serving his country, but how could he be a hero and not love his child. In my eyes my mom is a hero in the way that she loves me, but if she did not love me I would not see her in the same light. So in the eyes of James’ son (when he gets older of course) his father would not be a hero, he even said to him that the only thing he could love is the work that he did in the military. What I am saying is that where I might see James as a hero through the actions he did for his country, not everyone might. So maybe his actions that he did while serving his country were heroic but him leaving his family is not. These kinds of movies are hard to watch because everything our soldiers are doing is scary. It is intense and to me it is terrifying, I wish that the world were at peace with each other but that is not the case. I found this movie to be very interesting and I am glad that I watched it.
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