Real Heroes Research Paper

Hero's are often interpreted as people who save and protect. In fact, google’s exact definition of a hero “Is a person who is admired or idealized for courage, outstanding achievements, or noble qualities.” Those are heroes but they’re not the only heroes in this world. Heroes are people who help someone change the world for the better or spark hope in someone's eyes and inspire. They change some part of the world for the better. Heroes carry out their lives like everyone else. They have their own problems. But they help people in someway, shape, or form. There’s a quote “ Not all heroes wear capes.” Help doesn't only mean saving someone or anything like that. It could be littlest things. An example could be someone enrolling in the military …show more content…
They want to make a better place for everyone. An example of heroism in real life is the leaders of the civil rights movement. They wanted to give rights to all the minority. They also didn't use violence. The fact that they got their ideas across without using violence is truly heroic. They were constantly getting beat, attacked, hated, spat on and all that madness. In an article written by History.com, they said “drawing national and international attention to African Americans’ plight. In the turbulent decade and a half that followed, civil rights activists used nonviolent protest and civil disobedience to bring about change, and the federal government made legislative headway with initiatives such as the Voting Rights Act of 1965 and the Civil Rights Act of 1968.” (History.com). They never use violence to outspread their ideas. Those people changed the world. They did what they thought was right. Another example is someone named Shawn Seipler. Hotels usually throw away their soaps and other products after they were barely used. In an article by VIRALNOVA, “His mission is to collect and recycle soap and hygiene products, then give them to people who could really use them in other countries including Kenya, Tanzania, and Haiti. Since 2009, they've partnered with 4,000 hotels to redistribute 40 million bars of soap to 115 countries.” (ViralNova). If that’s not compassionate and an example …show more content…
From war heroes to Mcdonald workers. They can be anything. But one thing they’re definitely not is people who bring down people. They’re basically bullies. They harm people. They can harm the person physically, socially, mentally, and emotionally. But heroes are the people who endure that. Heroes also aren’t people who give up. It's like a hero versus a villain. The hero usually endures the villain's attacks in the definition we see of heroism. Heroes aren’t people who just sit there and let people control them. They don't let people decide how they’re going to live their life. An example is Frederick Douglass. He managed to escape from slavery. He didn't want to live his life like that. No one did. He spoke for all the enslaved. He became a reformist and abolitionist. He spoke for all the enslaved and everyone who suffered from injustice. In a biography by Biography.com it said “Famed 19th-century author and orator Frederick Douglass was an eminent human rights leader in the anti-slavery movement and the first African-American citizen to hold a high U.S. government rank.” (Biography.com). He was successful because he worked hard and didn't give up. Another example of a hero who never gave up was Jackie Robinson. He worked very hard to achieve his dreams. When people doubted him and brought him down, that only made him stronger. According to the official site of Jackie Robinson; jackierobinson.com “The Major Leagues had not had an African-American