ORAL SCOTLAND

Intro : I’m going to present to you the idea of myths and heroes
through the example of Scotland and more precisely through the
genuine Scottish spirit of defiance and how it’s flame and power are
still living in youngsters hearts and minds. First of all, i’ll begin with a
quick definition, a myth is a story that can be a popular belief, a
tradition or a false fiction. As for heroes, the term can define
different types of people such as comics characters, real people
involved in our everyday lives or people who left a mark in our
History. But how does the Scottish myths and heroes participate in
the national spirit of defiance ? I’ll proceed my argumentation in two
parts, first i’ll present to you heroes from the past who built this
famous spirit and then the new heroes who keep fostering it.

Part 1 : First and foremost i will introduce to you the Scottish culture,
you may not know but Scotland is often represented as a rebellious
and courageous nation : that’s due to the fact that in the 13th
century, England decided to invade Scotland but William Wallace, a
fiery leader and charismatic speaker who motivated the troops
pushed the enemy back with his passion for liberty and his love for
his nation. He is the embodiment of the Scottish Spirit and
independence fever. I mean he fought with his blood sweat and tears
an entire trained British army with only a hand full of men dressed in
kilt ( basically men skirts made of tartan) for whom swords and
spears were not part of the everyday life. But Scotland has known
more than one patriotic icon, Agnes Black also pushed back a
memorable British assault. In fact, England led the onslaught on
Dunbar castle when the Earl Patrick the 5th was at war. It is kind of
unreal that 1. a woman stood up and resisted the British army in such
cold blood and provocative behavior 2. that the British lost again to
the Scotts even when they were significantly disadvantaged. Now we
cannot call that a coincidence, that’s the real power of the Scottish
spirit.
Transition : To further what i said, the Scottish spirit of defiance and
desire of emancipating from England is deeply rooted in the Scotts
and their culture since centuries, for example with comics such as
Saltire, and we’re going to see through actual figures how they’re
following the way of life of their ancestors.

Part 2 : Thus, Scotland’s new generation is proud of their country,

and it shows. Andy Murray, for example, is a famous Scottish tennis
player. He is well known for his behavior during the game : he is very
competitive and fierce, and has a really hard time losing, maybe more
than others. He is mostly popular for his game against DJOKOVICH,
which was a match of real resistance. Although he lost to him, the
fact that he gave his all while playing and proved that he can stand up
for himself and challenge his opponent (who is by the way the N1
world tennis player) throughout the Australian Open, even forced the
British to admit that even if he’s a Scott he still did amazing against
DJOKOVICH. Last but not least, Mary Black, she’s a young woman, she
is the youngest MP and was 20yo during her maiden speech (she
even used W. Wallace as a reference), she’s very determined and you
can see in the way she talk that she loves her country and wish for it’s
independence more than anything.

Conclusion : To conclude, i would say that figures from the past really
have a visible influence on the young generations, because Scotland
is a country with an atypical History, they have fought many times for
their independence and as we’ve seen it’s not going to stop now.