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Do not waste your tears, I was not born to watch the world grow dim. Life is not measured in years, but by the deeds of men.
Posted by: goldhawk
We should know better, because we are better.
Posted by: OrderedComa
Posted by: DecepticonCobra
I don't know, I see Chief as maybe an embodiment of heroism, but the real heroes are the average men and women of the UNSC to me. They have so much more to lose than Chief and yet they keep going.
Exactly, to not say that every single one of the men and women serving the UNSC during the Human-Covenant are heroic (to some degree at least) is a bit daft. Almost every character we ever meet in the Halo series, with moderately few exceptions, are all heroes. Me personally though, I would define Chief and the other Spartans as the ultimate heroes, every single one of them is unafraid of facing down certain death and is willing to give their life at any moment if it would better humanity and their chance of survival.
More to the topic at hand though. I would define a hero both by their actions, and by their goals and intentions.
I completely agree. Chief has armor, training, weapons, and skills far beyond theirs and faces down creatures who would break a normal man in half like a twig. Yet these normal men and woman still face the same threats and fight. I have no doubt that next to none of us would face a flood combat form even if we had the training the marines do. We would probably break and run, because death via flood is not fast or painless and certainly not permanent. In this way I think that the marines are more heroic then Chief.
I would also define a hero as one who has good moral values and upholds those values in pursuit of their goals.