Human beings need heroes to admire and be inspired by. Discuss this assertion with reference to the literary text and/or the topic options you have studied. N01/H

Superman, Batman and Spiderman are all superheroes deep in our heart. Many of us still admire their gallant and valiant behaviours although we all know that these characters only appear in our imagination. Through- out human history, there were always some heroic figures, for example Hercules in the ancient Greek myth, which people would adore and had them as their role model. However, beside all these powerful men that could ¡¥save¡¦ the world, we can often sense that many people around us also have some heroic qualities. This issue about hero is underlay in Anna Quindlen¡¦s insightful novel, One True Thing. Within the Gulden family, each member has some laudable features that could inspire others and had a significant impact to each other. In this book, we can realize that human being does need heroes to admire and be inspired by.

Ellen Gulden, a sharp, urban, 25-year-old journalist, is the protagonist and the narrator of this novel. The reason why she aimed and finally...