Ozzie Freedman/Hero
Ozzie Freedman Portrayed as a Hero
A hero can be defined as one who inspires through manners and actions; who leads through personal example. Under this definition, the character Ozzie Freedman from Philip Roth's "The Conversion of the Jews" (1959) can be classified as a hero. The sections of Discoveries: Fifty Stories of the Quest (Schechter & Semekis 1992): The Call, The Other, The Journey, Helpers and Guides, The Treasure, and Transformation, can be applied to the story about Ozzie to support it's inclusion in this class, entitled "Myth of the Hero".
The chapter on The Call describes that a hero may be "on the brink of a decisive change" (21) and they "perceive the danger of remaining where they are" (22). The hero must be "ready
to leave [his] old, familiar [life] behind and move on to something new" (23). In "The Conversion of the Jews", we see Ozzie questioning his faith and going against the Jewish teaching by believing that God could "let a woman have a baby......
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