The characteristics that I see in a hero are putting others before yourself, courage, and overcoming weakness. Heroism is hard to define because it is the personal acts that make someone heroic. It can not be measured just by how large the act is, but by what is in the heart of the person and what they have to overcome personally to achieve these acts. “The greatest obstacle to being heroic is the doubt whether one may not be going to prove one's self a fool; the truest heroism is to resist the doubt; and the profoundest wisdom, to know when it ought to be resisted, and when it be obeyed.” (Hawthorne,
The characteristics that I see in a hero are putting others before yourself, courage, and overcoming weakness. Heroism is hard to define because it is the personal acts that make someone heroic. It can not be measured just by how large the act is, but by what is in the heart of the person and what they have to overcome personally to achieve these acts. “The greatest obstacle to being heroic is the doubt whether one may not be going to prove one's self a fool; the truest heroism is to resist the doubt; and the profoundest wisdom, to know when it ought to be resisted, and when it be obeyed.” (Hawthorne,