Challenges To Be A Hero In Ain T I A Woman

Hard times, sacrifice, judgement, and pain. These are challenges heroes have to face. With challenges there will also be many obstacles to come. Heroes need to be able to overcome these challenges and obstacles by being brave. In order to be a hero, a person needs to have courage. There will be people who stand in a person's way and try to stop that person. For instance, in “Ain’t I a Woman” people stand against Sojourner Truth. The speech says “then that little man in black there, he says women can’t have as much rights as men” Truth also states “And now they is asking to do it, the men better let them.” This means that there are people who disagree with her and don’t want her beliefs to happen. The quote is saying that men are in the way and won’t let woman try to change things. The author put these quotes to address men and others opposing her. She acknowledged the fact that there are people who disagree with her beliefs, but she shared what she thought anyway. She pointed out people who were …show more content…
For example, in “Saved on 9/11, by the man in the red bandanna” Welles endangers his life. The article says “He later joined firefighters to a command center” In other words, instead of escaping when Welles had the chance, he decided to risk his safety to stay and help others. He ended up sacrificing his life, so others could live. These quotes were put her to show how Welles didn’t just help a few people then try to escape, but he stayed even though firefighters were already there helping. Just like heroes, Welles helped others. Welles had to have the courage to help a group of individuals, even if there was a chance that doing so would bring personal costs. To show heroism, courage is needed to be brave enough to make scary or hard decisions, like the one Welles made. Welles could have made it out safe and probably still be alive, but he had the courage to take a risk for others, even though that risk meant his life would be