Heroism Defined
True or false: Heroes are individuals who do good deeds. The answer is false. Heroes are not just people who do good, but people who sacrifice their own well being to benefit someone else in need. Stereotypically, Heroes are are strong, humorous, or even charismatic people. However, they do not have to be. Heroes can be people who stand strong for what they believe in, even if everyone is against them. Heroes have integrity and fight for what is right. Heroes are brave in the face of danger, they protect people in need and are never slow thinking yet jaunting toward an opportunity.
Heroes try to help and protect people in need. Abraham Lincoln is a classic example of this. He was the sixteenth president who wrote the Emancipation …show more content…
Like Abraham Lincoln, Welles Crowther, protected many people who were unable to help themselves. Crowther was a worker in the south tower in the New York trade center. September 11, 2001, Crowther saved people from the New York Trade Center by being brave and setting his own well being aside. “ ...he could’ve gone back up gone downstairs with the rest of us.. But he went back up” Said Ling Young in the memorial video, ‘The Man In The Red Bandana’. Not only did Crowther sacrifice, but he lost his life in the process. Heroism is putting others before yourself, despite the cost. Heroes are selfless in their daily lives and are required to be brave. In the poem a man, a soldier lost his arm. At first, the man in the poem was quite reluctant at the thought of only doing things by halves. However, By the end of the poem, he discovers that just because he is mourning the loss of an arm does not mean that his life is over, yet has just begun. “ From that moment on, he set himself to do everything with twice as much enthusiasm” (SB p.56). As a hero, it is important to overcome challenges. In addition to fictional characters, non fictional characters can also be …show more content…
Frederick Douglass displays this trait well. He was a civil rights activist around the time of the Civil War. He fought for many African American men and women to gain their freedom. He made many sacrifices to succeed in his mission to end slavery and gain African American independence. “... the idea of speaking to white people weighed me down.” (SB p.72) Likewise, Mahatma Gandhi was the preeminent leader of the Indian Independence movement. He challenged the British imposed salt tax. He also did many hunger strikes for self purification and social protests. Gandhi is an amazing hero, who inspired people to never stop trying. “Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from indomitable will “ Heroism is overcoming struggles for the better. A hero is someone who steps up when everyone backs down. A hero is brave, someone who sacrifices and inspires someone to do their part. Heroes are important to everyday life because without them, no one would have anyone to admire, to be inspired by, or even to aspire to be. Heroes are amazing everyday people who stepped up the plate when no one else
True or false: Heroes are individuals who do good deeds. The answer is false. Heroes are not just people who do good, but people who sacrifice their own well being to benefit someone else in need. Stereotypically, Heroes are are strong, humorous, or even charismatic people. However, they do not have to be. Heroes can be people who stand strong for what they believe in, even if everyone is against them. Heroes have integrity and fight for what is right. Heroes are brave in the face of danger, they protect people in need and are never slow thinking yet jaunting toward an opportunity.
Heroes try to help and protect people in need. Abraham Lincoln is a classic example of this. He was the sixteenth president who wrote the Emancipation …show more content…
Like Abraham Lincoln, Welles Crowther, protected many people who were unable to help themselves. Crowther was a worker in the south tower in the New York trade center. September 11, 2001, Crowther saved people from the New York Trade Center by being brave and setting his own well being aside. “ ...he could’ve gone back up gone downstairs with the rest of us.. But he went back up” Said Ling Young in the memorial video, ‘The Man In The Red Bandana’. Not only did Crowther sacrifice, but he lost his life in the process. Heroism is putting others before yourself, despite the cost. Heroes are selfless in their daily lives and are required to be brave. In the poem a man, a soldier lost his arm. At first, the man in the poem was quite reluctant at the thought of only doing things by halves. However, By the end of the poem, he discovers that just because he is mourning the loss of an arm does not mean that his life is over, yet has just begun. “ From that moment on, he set himself to do everything with twice as much enthusiasm” (SB p.56). As a hero, it is important to overcome challenges. In addition to fictional characters, non fictional characters can also be …show more content…
Frederick Douglass displays this trait well. He was a civil rights activist around the time of the Civil War. He fought for many African American men and women to gain their freedom. He made many sacrifices to succeed in his mission to end slavery and gain African American independence. “... the idea of speaking to white people weighed me down.” (SB p.72) Likewise, Mahatma Gandhi was the preeminent leader of the Indian Independence movement. He challenged the British imposed salt tax. He also did many hunger strikes for self purification and social protests. Gandhi is an amazing hero, who inspired people to never stop trying. “Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from indomitable will “ Heroism is overcoming struggles for the better. A hero is someone who steps up when everyone backs down. A hero is brave, someone who sacrifices and inspires someone to do their part. Heroes are important to everyday life because without them, no one would have anyone to admire, to be inspired by, or even to aspire to be. Heroes are amazing everyday people who stepped up the plate when no one else