Part one of term paper
"I wanted to strengthen democracy, to ensure that Americans could protect their privacy." Philip R. Zimmermann, a modern day hero, started with one powerful goal - to create easy to use, publicly available e-mail encryption software. With patience, strong will, and the idea that privacy is a right of the people, he did just that, and in doi ...

Part two of term paper
... of good intentions. This is a critical characteristic in forming heroism, and it forms a basis of positive goals from which a hero can act. Odysseus, in addition to wanting to return to his family, wanted to end the foolishness of the Trojans (being that a Trojan had stolen Agamemnon's daughter, Helen) by defeating them in battle. Phil Zimmermann wanted to help people as a whole, and demonstrated this in twice being arrested for nonviolent anti-nuclear weapons protests. He went even further with ...