Mother Teresa, better known as a caring risk taker, inspires the world. Mother Teresa is a women who grew up in a small village with big dreams and a generous heart. She first became a nun at the age of 17. First, she was a school teacher, but then realized her true calling was to help the less fortunate in the slums. Mother Teresa started her own religious order called the Missionaries of Charity. She was also awarded many awards including the Nobel Peace Prize in 1979. Mother Teresa then passed away peacefully on September 5, 1997. After her passing she was then recognized as a saint. An epic hero is someone who is brave and strong, someone who can live up to the expectations. There are many traits that make someone an epic hero. A person
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Throughout Mother Teresa's life time, she has helped and touched the hearts of many. Mother Teresa spent her days working and living in the slum with the poor. In the book, A Revolution of Love: the Meaning of Mother Teresa, the author, David Scott, tells the readers how Mother Teresa started off helping the poor: ¨She was in voluntary poverty for the poor, and to live as an imitation of Jesus¨ (Scott 107). Mother Teresa gave up her life and devoted herself to the poor. Mother Teresa wanted to live and help the poor just as Jesus has once done many years ago. This shows humility because she gave up her money and lifestyle to help the less fortunate. Another instance where she shows humility is when she left the convent to go work with the poor. When Mother Teresa went to help the poor she “owned only a sari, a pair of sandals, some undergarments, a crucifix they pinned on her habit, a rosary, a prayer book, a silver bucket for washing, and a thin bed¨ (Scott 82). This shows humility because she gave up all her belongings and kept only a few things to go to live in the slums with the poor. Mother Teresa felt that she didn't have time or money to own any other belongings, nor did she want to. Mother Teresa didn't view herself as one of her priorities. She only viewed living and serving to the less fortunate as her priority. Due to Mother Teresa’s actions, she is an epic
Throughout Mother Teresa's life time, she has helped and touched the hearts of many. Mother Teresa spent her days working and living in the slum with the poor. In the book, A Revolution of Love: the Meaning of Mother Teresa, the author, David Scott, tells the readers how Mother Teresa started off helping the poor: ¨She was in voluntary poverty for the poor, and to live as an imitation of Jesus¨ (Scott 107). Mother Teresa gave up her life and devoted herself to the poor. Mother Teresa wanted to live and help the poor just as Jesus has once done many years ago. This shows humility because she gave up her money and lifestyle to help the less fortunate. Another instance where she shows humility is when she left the convent to go work with the poor. When Mother Teresa went to help the poor she “owned only a sari, a pair of sandals, some undergarments, a crucifix they pinned on her habit, a rosary, a prayer book, a silver bucket for washing, and a thin bed¨ (Scott 82). This shows humility because she gave up all her belongings and kept only a few things to go to live in the slums with the poor. Mother Teresa felt that she didn't have time or money to own any other belongings, nor did she want to. Mother Teresa didn't view herself as one of her priorities. She only viewed living and serving to the less fortunate as her priority. Due to Mother Teresa’s actions, she is an epic