Heroes

While growing up, we all came to know the names Superman, Batman, Flash, Ironman, and various others. We see these heroes with supernatural abilities and capes, but not all heroes don them. A hero to me, is someone who helped when no one else would. If you look closely at society, you see the thieves, the abusers, and those who reach out for help but grasp only air. Look at what ‘heroes’ do, they save cities and, on occasion, the world; look at the people who stand up and help those who need…

The True Colors of Heroes Who is the person that children admire most? Millions of children answer this question in different ways. In general, the best answer is a hero. As children grow up, they still remain the desire to find heroes or become a hero. In this case, parents and teachers would like to encourage children to become a role model first and make an effort to achieve success. However, some people cannot distinguish heroes from role models. Both role models and heroes gain…

baseball player to play in the major leagues, were recognized as heroes for who and what they stood up for. What they have accomplished in their time improved the world people live in today. As years progressed, things have become different. The heroes in modern society , are very dissimilar from those in the past.…

“Hard times don’t create heroes, it is during the hard times when the ‘hero’ within us is revealed.” (Bob Riley) Heroes don’t have to just be people who save people when in danger, they can also be people who help others through tough times in life. Mulan has many qualities and characteristics. This is important that everyone in life achieves to do these three qualities, as everyone can. Mulan does these main three characteristics many times throughout her life as a hero. Anyone can be a hero if…

My Heroes When people think of heroes they think of some one with chiseled muscles and super powers that can make them fly or give them the strength of a hundred men, or they can run at the speed of light. Especially when people think of their favorite super hero duo their superpowers compliment each others and then they can help anyone with any situation, the last part is true for my favorite hero duo, my parents. Parents are every kids first hero; most kids don’t realize that until they are…

courage, outstanding achievements, or noble qualities.” Those are heroes but they’re not the only heroes in this world. Heroes are people who help someone change the world for the better or spark hope in someone's eyes and inspire. They change some part of the world for the better. Heroes carry out their lives like everyone else. They have their own problems. But they help people in someway, shape, or form. There’s a quote “ Not all heroes wear capes.” Help doesn't only mean saving someone or…

factor why people to join together in communities, and the practice of hailing heroes has been prominent in practically every culture. Heroes appear in various styles of literature, i.e., epics, myths, legends, urban folk, fairy tales, and even in other art forms such as sculptures. The English term, heroes, was coined from the Ancient Greek term, hērōs, but what actually does it mean, why do we have them? Generally, heroes are role models that the people look up to. They serve as a morale…

Hero The images that usually come to mind when one thinks of heroes is of people in the military, fire department, and sometimes even police officers. Although these people display courage in putting their life on the line for others, they are not the images that come to my mind when I think of the word hero. Real heroes are people that society never hears about. Heroes stand up for the truth despite the consequences. A young man in his early twenties once told me that his teenage sister…

Misunderstood Heroes The word of a hero has lost its meaning; due to the fact that the heroes aren’t making any change to the community. These heroes are the ones who follow the rules, the ones who obey law and order civil society to be accustomed to the system without noticing the flaws disappointing the ideals of this democracy. Those are not the heroes we should look up to. The ones who take a stand for what they believe in are the real heroes because they risk their lives to speak what's…

literary and folk epic there are characters called epic heroes, epic heroes can be seen as superhuman because of their outstanding achievements but what makes the plot is that they are on a larger than life quest. Along the way there is major conflict, like fear, battles and bloodshed. Achilles from The Iliad written by Homer, Beowulf from Beowulf translated by Burton Raffel and Gilgamesh from Gilgamesh retold by Herbert Manson all are epic heroes and in some ways very similar like their…