Common Themes of the Client, the Dragon and BeowulfA woman in her thirties was screaming "My baby! My baby!", as her pram rolled towards the back of the large hill . In the distance, a man in his thirties heard these desperate calls for help. The warrant exited his home and a pursuit of the blue baby carriage immediately ensued. Within a minute, he safely recovered the carriage and the little girl was returned to her mother without any harm. This is an example of how the young man displays traits of heroism, the traits are courage, intelligence and strength. He was brave in helping to return the young woman's pram, clever in acting quickly and effectively in reaching her, and his strength is demonstrated by his ability to outrun a racing carriage down a deep hill. Different books use different characters to show heroism in their characters. The Client's Mark Sway tells the story of one boy's heroic battle against the mob and the FBI. Dirk Pitt's story of Dragon is the story of how an old man from the nineteenth century can defeat evil. Beowulf from the story Beowulf is an example of how even hundreds of years ago heroes used the same traits as today. Heroes of all cultures of all ages share courage, intelligence and strength. Courage is an important characteristic of all heroes. Within these three books, each character, Mark Sway, Dirk Pitt, and Beowulf, shows signs of courage. Mark Sway was a brave boy at his age of 9. Mark would never stop pursuing an idea of ​​his, even if it were a permanent thing: "'We can't let them take the body, Reggie. Think about it. If they get away, he'll never be found.'"1 What this sentence highlights it's that Mark didn't want to let the mob men recover Senator Boyette's body, because if they got the body, his efforts to keep quiet about the whole situation would seem fruitless. Dirk Pitt used courage to be able to continue examining enemies. Dirk never gives up on unraveling another person's plot of death and deception. Beowulf shows courage by fighting the Troll, the Troll's mother, and the Dragon. Beowulf wouldn't give up fighting one of those people despite their creepiness