Bo Jackson Hero

Bo Jackson is an epic hero. He is a sports legend. He has changed the lives and ideologies of many people. He didn’t follow society’s norms. He played the sports he wanted to, which lead to him playing two professional sports, football and baseball. He possesses three epic hero traits, he is capable of deeds of great strength and courage, travelled over a vast setting, and became a national hero.

You may believe that Andrew Jackson was a hero because he gave money to the states, helped the poor and got America a lot of land. Andrew Jackson was a villain not a hero. He caused the Indian removal Act, Trail of Tears, and the Notification crisis. These are only a few of the horrible things he did. He caused the death of hundreds of Indians.

This is a passage about one of the first basketball players to ever set foot on a basketball court. He was a great hero during the Civil Rights Movement.

The time has come to make a judgement of the great Andrew Jackson, the 7th president of the United States from 1829~1837. Although some people didn’t like Jackson very well due to very few of his decisions, he made many good decisions during his presidency. Andrew Jackson should be remembered as a hero of the common man due to his unifying leadership, generous approach of governing, and concern for economic equality.

As Jackie Robinson once said “A life is not important except in the impact it has on other lives”. There is no doubt that Jackie Robinson has been one of most impactful baseball players to ever play the sport. For reasons such as pushing himself to reach his goals, facing many hardships, and being the first African American to play in the MLB, he has shown perseverance and been a role model to everyone.

Have you ever overcame problems that you thought you never could? Well many people have also. A man named James J. Braddock and his family in the film “Cinderella Man” struggled and overcame challenges brought on by the Great Depression in the 1930’s. The Great Depression was the most darkest and long-lasting downturn in American history. And it all began after the stock market crash in October 1929. Many families suffered from economic hardships as well as emotional distress. Therefore the Braddock family overcame there challenges which are not having much to eat, not having money, and not having a place to live.

Jackie Robinson not only made impacts on the field that were monumental, but he made impacts off the field that were equally as important. Jackie helped presidents get elected, get kids off the streets and into the most prestigious schools there is, and most importantly he broke the black color barrier in baseball. Jackie Robinson is one of the most influential people to ever live, he did things that people would dream about, he stood up for what he believed.

One reason I believe Andrew Jackson is a hero is because he worked hard to empower the common people. The source: Thomas Bailey and David Kennedy, The American Pageant, 1994 states, “Jackson’s victory accelerated the transfer of national power from the country house to the farmhouse, from the East to the West, from the snobs to the mobs. If Jefferson had been the hero of the gentleman farmer, Jackson was the hero of the dirt farmer.” The quote shows that Jackson equalized the power between the wealthy and

Does Andrew Jackson being a president mean he’s automatically a hero? No, during him being president he made decisions that made him viewed as a villain. Andrew tried to force indians from their land just to benefit him and some americans. Andrew Jackson was a villain and a hero but more of a villain. He got the indian removal act passed by the government so he could try to get them to give up their homeland. He also got the some federal troops to take them from their homeland so they could have the land. Lastly, He got the western part of america and he had someone take them out of georgia and move them to oklahoma and many indians died.

“A life is not important except in the impact it has on other lives.” (Jackie Robinson).

Bo Jackson is composed of three traits that make him an epic hero, Humility, National Heroism, and Supernatural Foes. Bo Jackson is one of the best athletes of all time if not the best. He competed at the highest level in two different sports, by not just playing them, but by performing at the highest level in both sports. He competed in the All Star Game for baseball and hit leadoff, and he played in the National Football Leagues Pro Bowl. There are so many stories about Bo Jackson that will make a person question if the things he can do are even humanly possible. A few examples of Bo Jackson’s abilities, were when he dunked a stick on a ten foot basketball goal, he could do a backflip while standing in hip deep water and he also hit a line drive baseball so hard the batting cage fell over.

Cameron Newton is a Professional football player who plays for the Carolina Panthers. He was the first round draft pick in 2011. He was also named MVP of the 2015 NFL season and he helped lead his team to Super Bowl 50 in 2016. Cam was born May 11, 1989 he started playing football at age 6. He grew up in the middle of three brothers in downtown Atlanta in a small house. He is a very generous human being and always gives back to where he came from. This is another reason why he is my hero. And I want to be like him. He cares for his family and community that he grew up with. He hosts camps and teaches little kids that want to be as good as him or better. He teaches kids and tells his story of how he did it and how he went through some rough

In this essay, I’ll be telling you my opinion on whether Andrew Carnegie was a hero or not. Andrew Carnegie, known as the king of steel, grew up poor, but became one of the richest and most successful business owner during the 1800s and 1900s. Much of the world regarded Carnegie as the most famous living American during his time. Andrew Carnegie was not a hero because he showed off his money, treated his workers poorly, and was selfish.

“God knows I gave my best in baseball at all times and no man on earth can truthfully judge me otherwise” (Jackson, 1). In this quote, “Shoeless” Joe Jackson is trying to convey that even though he was raised illiterate, he still tried his absolute best at life here on Earth, and that no one can judge him for that reason. This quote relates to the overall thesis because it helps prove that a person does not have to be literate in order to become an important historical figure. Overall, “Shoeless” Joe Jackson was an important political figure of 1920s American History because he was able to prove how he could overcome any obstacle, and he could still become a historical figure, even though he was illiterate his entire lifetime.

Born into a non-aristocratic poor family, somewhere in the Carolina’s on March 14, 1767, was a man named Andrew Jackson. Jackson, also called “Old Hickory” was a very bold proactive man in American history. From being a military hero and founding the democratic party to enacting the trail of tears and dismantling the of the Bank of the United States, the man and his legacy are a prominent topic for scholarly debate. Some believe he was a great president and some believe he was the worse president. But if you look at it from a moral perceptive or in the eyes of a foreigner, Jackson’s legacy was far more villainous than heroic.