Esther Role Model

Esther was an amazing, strong, caring, and courageous role model. She was willing to take great risks in order to protect what mattered most to her. Her small family had definitely made an impact on who she was and how she affected the people around her. Esther had that storng and unique ability of being able to get people to like her and care for what she cared for. She was compassionate and her small family, the places she lived, and even her husband made an impact on who she became. Esther was a young child that was exiled in Persia with the rest of her family. Her original name was Hadasseh, meaning “myrtle;” however, it was then said that she adopted the Persian name “Esther” when she entered the Persian court (Ester.) She was the daughter …show more content…
The king chose her over every other woman there. Esther then became the queen of Persia at the estimated age of fourteen (Ester.) Mordechai was constantly around the palace to keep watch of Esther. In doing this, Mordechai overheard a cruel plan that two of the king’s counselors were planning to kill the king. Mordechai then warmed Esther, who warned the king. In doing this, the king decided to award Mordechai. This did not please the king’s prime minister at all.
Hamen, the king’s prime minister, was furious and jealous. He attempted to obtain revenge on all the Jews in the kingdom by killing them all off. He tricked the king into signing a decree to allow the people of the kingdom go and attack the Jews, who would not be able to fight back. This made Esther extraordinarily upset.
Esther created a riskful plan to try and save the Jews in the kingdom. She risked her own life by following through this plan. It included feasts and meeting with the king, to invite him to the feasts, when she technically not supposed to see him without his request. At the end of it all, she was able to convince the king to let the Jews fight back and to only make it optional to attack the Jews, This saved so many people just because of Esther's courage and