The whole idea of the hero is one that has seemed to preoccupy Western culture, by forming the basis for much of the literature, movies, philosophy, and other popular-culture mediums that compose it. Our extreme willingness to decorate soldiers and firefighters, play cops and robbers, obsessively consume old Western cowboy films, along with ancient mythology, and immortalize comic-book super-heroes all point to our eagerness to assign “hero” and “villain” roles. But if you think about it, as one often comes to conclude, we must take a more discretional approach when examining who is a hero, and on the other hand, who is a villain. In fact, the issue is far more complex than just a categorization of individuals or groups under either of these titles and most of the time, things are not always so black and white. It's way more complicated than that folks. What about dual-identity? Because of popular culture, it's hard to fathom a hero that possesses immoral views and beliefs. We hear hero, and automatically think perfect...but how realistic is that?
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