A Hero's Face Challenges

“ A hero is someone who has given his or her life to something bigger than oneself.”-Joseph Campbell. Heroes strive to make a difference in at least one person’s life. Heroes face many challenges, but don’t let them overcome them; they are brave, however, heroes aren’t always in tights. They are ordinary people putting forth the effort to help.

Hero’s face challenges but don’t let it overcome them. For example, in the article Soldier home after losing his leg in Afghanistan, Lake Stevens lost his leg in the army but never let that challenge overcome him, he pushed through and did everything as if he still had two legs. He said, “ Of course, the loss of a leg changed me, but it doesn’t define me for the rest of my life.” This showing that even some of the biggest things can’t bring someone down. Also, Christopher Reeve said, “ A hero is an ordinary individual who finds the strength to preserve and endure in overwhelming obstacles.” Which shows that any normal person can show and be a hero, it is about the strength and willingness to help others. Bob Riley once said, “ Hard times

Like, when Alan Hall saved a girl from a super strong riptide. Alan Hall pushed a girl out of the way so that a powerful riptide wouldn’t kill her but as doing so it lead to his death. He did it anyway to save the girl’s life no matter what happened to his. For another example, the Sandy Hook school shooting. Many teachers tried to protect their students and ended up getting killed and also many students but the fact is the teachers’ gave their life up for the kids and did whatever they could to save them. From the movie mulan, Chi-Fu said, “ You stole your father’s armour, ran away from home, impersonated a soldier, deceived your commanding officer, destroyed our army, destroyed my palace, you have saved us all,” this shows that even after everything she did like risking her life and destroying things, she saved