Heroes are targets for our aspirations. Humanity is focused on the need for role models and the transfer of information downwards, this is how we learn. A hero is defined as someone with admirable traits or people who, when faced with danger or from a position of weakness, show courage or a willingness to sacrifice, whether moral in a literal or figurative sense. These notions of heroism are directly represented through the collection of related texts, “The Epic of Gilgamesh” and “The Ballad of Mulan” and the film “Saving Private Ryan.” A hero can be anyone. The modern hero does not need physical strength or superhuman powers, nor does he need to be dignified or obtain a high-level position in government. Bernard Malamud explains, "Without heroes, we are all simple people and we don't know how far we can go," suggesting that heroes are simply role models to learn from. The first introduction to the concept of Heroes Journey was through Joseph Campbell. In his book “A Hero of a Thousand Faces,” he brings to light the idea of ​​studying the human impulse to create stories that tap into universal themes, highlighted in his theory of the Heroes' Journey. He explains, “A hero is someone who has given their life to something bigger than themselves,” which demonstrates the idea of ​​portraying a hero as someone who gives without needing to be repaid. Similarly, the founder of analytical psychology, Carl Jung, talks about heroes in his essay "A Study in the Process of Individuation", through his concept of introversion and extroversion. According to him, archetypes are distinctive universal psychic temperaments, which constitute the substratum from which the fundamental themes of human life arise in...... middle of paper ......n, the three epic journeys, the ancient text, "The Epic of Gilgamesh", the influential poem "The Ballad of Mulan" and the film "Saving Private Ryan", directed by Steven Spielberg, have complementaryly demonstrated that the statement "Humanity will always need a hero to be respected and admired,” is undoubtedly accurate. I also used the information I gathered to provide sufficient evidence for my initial thesis: “Heroes are goals for our aspirations.” role models and information transfer, this is how we learn,' through the breakdown of these three epic journeys, explaining that while heroes must be admirable and respected characters, they can also be anyone, male, female, physically strong or mentally strong, real or not. Heroes are simply goals we set ourselves to achieve the most we can.