Drake: A Tragic Hero

Hero’s come in many shapes and sizes and Drake is a very unusually astonishing hero. He was born in Haiti in 1986 and grew up in very rough conditions. He didn’t have any running water and his family struggled from day to day. Every day was hard for Drake and his family, but he didn’t realize anything was wrong because he had not known anything different. At the age of 20 Drake’s father became very sick and he noticed that he was not getting proper treatment, Drake was scared. It was then that he realized that his family did not have the money to properly treat him. Shortly after his father’s diagnosis, Drake was walking in the streets of Haiti looking for ways to make money to help his father, when he noticed something out of the ordinary,

He gave his mother the coin but the next day he reached into his pocket and there was a new gold coin. Drake soon began to notice no matter how many times he took it out of his pocket it would always appear the next day. He began to give gold coins to all of his neighbors, who were in need as well. Soon after collecting enough gold coins Drake was finally able to buy his dad a doctor to look at Drake’s father and treat him. The doctor told Drake that there was a 50% chance of his father living through the treatment. Drake knew that if his father didn’t get the procedure done there was no chance of him ever being healthy again. Knowing this Drake told the doctor that he would like to have treatment done on his father. A few days later after the treatment was done his father made a full recovery. Drake made it his mission to help every person in Haiti and provide them with the things that they needed. After a few months of helping out, a man named Meek Mill learned that Drake had a lot of money, so he asked Drake for some money and Drake said he loved to help out but there were people who needed it more than Meek