In the story A Mystery of Heroism, Fred Collins’s actions are questioned of their heroism. Though it could be argued that all of Fred Collins’s actions were heroic, there is overwhelming evidence that proves otherwise. In A Mystery of Heroism, the main character, Fred Collins’s, original idea to retrieve water is not heroic, but his actions while returning from the well are. For an act to be heroic, the deed must be noble, selfless, done at their own risk, done for the good of others, and done with compassion. One of the criterion for a noble act is that it must be done with noble intentions. Collins’s original intention of the journey to get water was done because his comrades had shamed and coerced him into getting the water to prove himself.
