Meredith Grey once said, “‘Adapt or die.’ As many times as we’ve heard it, the lesson doesn’t get easier. Problem is, we’re human. We want more than just to survive. We want love. We want success. So we fight...to get those things. Anything else feels like death” (Season 7, Episode 21 “I Will Survive”). This is merely one quote from Meredith Grey―title character and series protagonist of Grey’s Anatomy―that depicts her hero-like qualities. The medical drama television series follows interns and residents as they become seasoned surgeons, through both their professional and personal lives. The show focuses on Meredith, who is the head of surgery at Grey Sloan Memorial Hospital―formerly known as Seattle Grace. Meredith Grey certainly exemplifies
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In the face of fear, she does not hesitate or withdraw. One occasion at which Meredith shows this characteristic is in Episode 2, Season 16: “It’s the End of the World.” There is a bomb in a patient’s body that has not yet exploded. Just as the paramedic holding the bomb in place panics and runs out of the operating room, Meredith puts her hand inside the patient to prevent the bomb from exploding. Meredith lives, but the head of the bomb squad is killed by the explosion. Another time Meredith shows courage in difficult circumstances is in Season 3, Episode 16: “Drowning on Dry Land.” A ferry boat crashes, and while she is taking care of injured people at the scene, she is accidentally knocked into the water. She stops swimming and sinks until Derek rescues her from the water; however, she is almost dead by this point and is “fighting” for her life while she is an in-between state of life and death. She is almost pronounced dead, but her best friend and fellow doctor gives Meredith one more dose of resuscitating drugs, and Meredith begins to breathe again. Finally, another exemplary situation in which Meredith shows the courage of a hero is in Season 6, Episode 24: “Death and All His Friends.” A widower goes to the Seattle Grace to kill his late wife’s doctors. The man shoots Derek, and Christina works to save his life. In the meantime, Meredith tells the man to shoot her instead of the others. Meredith shows her heroism by courage through each of these
In the face of fear, she does not hesitate or withdraw. One occasion at which Meredith shows this characteristic is in Episode 2, Season 16: “It’s the End of the World.” There is a bomb in a patient’s body that has not yet exploded. Just as the paramedic holding the bomb in place panics and runs out of the operating room, Meredith puts her hand inside the patient to prevent the bomb from exploding. Meredith lives, but the head of the bomb squad is killed by the explosion. Another time Meredith shows courage in difficult circumstances is in Season 3, Episode 16: “Drowning on Dry Land.” A ferry boat crashes, and while she is taking care of injured people at the scene, she is accidentally knocked into the water. She stops swimming and sinks until Derek rescues her from the water; however, she is almost dead by this point and is “fighting” for her life while she is an in-between state of life and death. She is almost pronounced dead, but her best friend and fellow doctor gives Meredith one more dose of resuscitating drugs, and Meredith begins to breathe again. Finally, another exemplary situation in which Meredith shows the courage of a hero is in Season 6, Episode 24: “Death and All His Friends.” A widower goes to the Seattle Grace to kill his late wife’s doctors. The man shoots Derek, and Christina works to save his life. In the meantime, Meredith tells the man to shoot her instead of the others. Meredith shows her heroism by courage through each of these