Tag: Thumos
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The Heroic Rescue: A Reflection on Gender Roles and Thumos
When the author was twelve years old, his father risked his life to rescue a paraplegic man from a burning house in their village of Mt. Morris, located in the Appalachians. The man and his wife lived next door to the author’s family and were known for their loud and profane quarrels. One day, after…