pedro romero=hero

Pedro Romero associates with Hemingway's definition of a hero. He exhibits his belief that a hero is someone who faces confronts danger head-on when he enters the bull fights. His character is fearless and when he enters the bull ring he is not afraid and takes full control of the bull. Pedro carries himself with pride and confidence at all times. He never loses control of his masculinity because of his bravery. He always remains a symbol of purity, bravery, and strength. Each time he is knocked down he gets right back up, refusing to be defeated. Pedro maintained his masculinity with Brett because he does not let her take control of him. Pedro is used in contrast to all the other characters and makes all of their weaknesses stand out. Mainly, he contrasts every character because he is not lacking meaning in his life and does not feel lost and confused. While all the other characters are in need of drinking and dancing, etc. to heal their pain, Pedro purely only goes to the fiestas for pleasure. Pedro does not drink very much and hasn't been with a lot of women. Pedro has something in his life that gives him meaning in his life. His passion for bull fighting makes his life feel complete, unlike the others who get no satisfaction from their careers. Pedro is not weak like the others and does not need sex and alcohol to make his life feel fulfilled. Pedro also highly contrasts the other men in the fact that he does not let women take full control of his life. The first time he met Brett, he did not lose self-control like all of the other men did when they interact with her. He stays strong to his morals, he will not change himself to match her lifestyle. Unlike Cohn, who sulks and and complains about Brett not wanting him, when Brett and Pedro don't work out he maintains his masculinity and suffers in silence. Pedro accepts that it is over, unlike Cohn who makes a fool out of himself by the way he won't stop chasing Brett. Pedro is an example of how all of the characters should act and portray themselves. He relies solely on himself, shows people his courageous qualities, and takes up courageous activities (bullfighting). Unlike the others, Pedro acts on what he believes in, instead of just discussing about it. Most would automatically view Jake as a hero as well because they fought in the war. Especially  because he made sacrifices for their country in the war. However, in the book he does not portray heroic qualities and comes off as a weak individual because of the way he lets Brett take full control over him and does not speak up or act upon the things he believes in. Hemingway's view of the qualities of a hero almost contrasts what most of our society would view as a hero today. Today we view a hero as somebody who is helping our society. Not necessarily somebody who is doing dangerous things such as fighting a bull, but someone who is contributing to our society and saving lives like a doctor, a fire-fighter, or someone trying contributing to the cure of cancer. Today we view people who are sacrificing their time or lives to save others as heroes. However, we do have the similar view that the people who take upon heroic activities with grace are the ones who are truly heroic.The heroes today are the ones that do courageous things without doing drugs and being heavy drinkers, like Romero. We do not view a hero as somebody who has no self-respect and uses violence when they are frustrated with situations, like Cohn. Even though everybody may have their own opinion on what a hero is to them, Romero possesses personality traits that most would view as heroic.