Beowulf Compared to Mlk Essay

MLK vs. Beowulf

A hero is someone that risks his/her life to better society and a responsible leader. In the Anglo-Saxon days, the hero was Beowulf. Crowds in support of Beowulf recognized that there was no one greater to rule over men. But in present day, to me, the hero is MLK. Those that spoke of MLK has agreed that life in the US would have been different if he wasnt apart of history.

There are some similarities and some differences between the two. Beowulf and MLK were similar because neither one of there reasoning for fighting werent for fame/selfishness. Beowulf fought when his men were under attack. For example, he only fought the monster, Grendel, because the monster was killing all the men. MLK fought because he refused to let segregation go on any longer. Segregation was when the black and whites were separated in their daily lives.

The differences between Beowulf and MLK were that Beowulf fought physically and MLK fought verbally. Beowulf ripped a monsters arm of with his bare hands. In result of that, he gained victory over his society. MLK wrote many speeches and had various meetings. His meetings and speeches with political influences allowed him to win victory after the separation of colors, such as, I Have A Dream, The Nobel Peace prize acceptance letter, Loving Your Enemies, The Lincoln Memorial Address, Beyond Vietnam, Where Do We Go From Here, and many more.

I learned about their differing values and ideals by analyzing how heroes were depicted is that in MLKs day, the justice system was bias. The blacks were treated differently than the whites. The whites had better jobs, better treatment, and better living. But because of MLKs many speeches, he was assassinated by one who disagreed with him. In Beowulfs culture, they believed in protecting their religion through war.

Both MLK and Beowulf are incredible heroes that were loyal. MlK was loyal to the blacks and Beowulf was loyal to the Geats. There is barely any difference between the two but Beowulfs physical strength is somatic and MLKs verbal strength is somatic. They were great heroes and will continue to be everyones favorite hero.