Ernest Hemingway talks about a hero as someone who is brave, rough, and can take the pressure. Meaning that he has the confidence in himself, that he can confront crazy situations with a clean mind and the courage he would need to fight through. The characters that are seen as hero's during this book, like Romero, who can relate his genuine personality and fearlessness. Romero shows his true heroic spirit inside the bull arena when he becomes a matador. His body begins to move gracefully and he shows how effortless the fighting is for him, but his humble nature conveys his sense of humility, but this should not be taken as low self-esteem. He takes pride in his work and understands it but he just doesn't feel the need to catch the attention and fame from others. Romero doesn't just see bullfighting as a sport or a job, he takes to it with the confidence and grace that he truly needs to conquer the bull. It relates to all aspects in his life, such as his relationship with Ashley Brett. She's portrys danger for all who lay the wandering eye on her. Romero has a feeling that he wants to connect with Brett. He thinks he can just win like he would with a bull. I feel as though I can juxtapose my experiences with this situation as well.
Okay, short story:
At my duration of working my long houred shifts at Pietro's, one of the cooks came up to me and said that the other cook, Jose*, stares at me too much, in the bad way too. And it freaked me out a little bit, and i feel like the cook is thinking how Romero is and he thinks he can just have me and make me just as easily as he does to his pizzas.
The End.
