Hero Definition Essay

Have you ever had a role model that you looked up to and called them your hero, but what if they were not a true hero? Though you may call them a hero they have to do something to be considered a real hero.Well, you are in luck, because there are many definitions. Hero’s are normal people who step out and face challenges that may risk their own life or show determination, though they do not have to be physically strong. Heroes are people who risk their lives for others. Like Welles Crowther,” I found the stairs, follow me, and help as many as you can help.” He was a true hero, he knew he needed to go up. Even if that risks his life. Another example, Mulan, her father was very ill. She had to make a decision between staying safe and not doing her father’s job in fighting. Well, she didn’t care if she would get in trouble she just did it. (insert quote ?)

Many soldiers are an great example of an hero. It’s a fact that many soldiers don’t know what they were going into for war. A.B. Yehoshua once said “We always knew how to honor fallen soldiers. They were killed for our sake, they went out on our mission. But how are we to mourn a random man killed in a terrorist attack while sitting in a cafe? How do you mourn a housewife who got on a bus and never returned?”A. B. Yehoshua, http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/a/abyehosh396438.html#OEd8HjzQ0w6ouBvZ.99. Frederick Douglas was another great example. He didn’t care that speaking out loud could harm his sake. He did it so others would know that slavery needed to end and be stopped. He once said, “ I was afriad to speak to anyone for fear of speaking to the wrong one,...the statio in which I was placed-then, and not till then, will he fully appreciate the hardships of, and know how to sympathize with, the toil- worn and whip-scared fugitive slave.” So, as you can see, though he was afriad he still helped get the word out