Davis Street Hero

Over 150 years ago a woman named Clara Barton repeatedly defied the odds stacked against females, reinventing herself time and time again. After a career as an educator and clerk in the US Patent Office Clara Barton began her work with the Ladies’ Aid Society delivering supplies to soldiers fighting in the Civil War. Her compassion and devotion to humankind soon transformed this supply service into a career as a Civil War Nurse. She solicited donations and used her own money to purchase supplies needed to care for the wounded. She routinely placed herself in harm’s way to deliver supplies and render aid to those in need regardless of where their loyalties lay. She took the initiative to record the names of men who and died and where they were buried, she documented the conditions of the hospitals where the wounded were being treated. She worked to educate former slaves and prepare them for their new life of freedom. After the war she helped locate missing soldiers, providing comfort to grieving families. In time she founded the American Red Cross.

In a general public of hero superheroes inside books and TVs all over the world, what makes a genuine legend? Is it initiative, leadership, determination, courage, dedication?To all, Dorothy Day is the greater part of the above. To many she is a holy person. A lady of genuine magnanimity, who sympathetically put the lives of the broken before her own. She is the symbol of the sort of person that everyone can be, not by changing other individuals but rather by evolving themselves. For the duration of her life, Dorothy Day was a pioneer to the state, and a promoter for poor people.

Have you ever asked yourself, “Have I done enough? Can I give more? Or even what else can I do?” If you answered yes, you could be a hero just like my Michigan hero, Dennis Graeber!Dennis is 65, he is also my Grandpa, he has a mustache, is a average height, and is very hardworking, and determined. He worked on a farm when he was younger. He didn’t go to college but worked for the state for many years, while raising my dad and aunt with the help of his wife. He also volunteers and contributes many hours to his church and the food bank. Dennis Graeber, my Grandpa, taught me that you can never give too much.

Cathy Gernack, also known as my mom, is my hero because she satisfies many of the heroic qualities we discussed in class. She is brave, giving, and determined on a daily basis. She is currently employed as an Intensive Care Neonatal Nurse at Kaiser Permanente here in San Leandro. She was born and raised in Alberta, Canada. After she graduated from High School, she attended the University of Alberta and received her bachelor’s degree. In 1999, she was given an offer to move to Hawaii where she would be working at the Kaiser Permanente hospital in Honolulu. She graciously accepted the offer and brought my dad along with her as they started a new life in another country. On August, 26th 2000, I was born in Honolulu, Hawaii. In 2002, my mom, my dad, and I moved to Boise, Idaho where my little brother was born. When I was four, we all moved here to San Leandro and have lived here ever since.

On September 11, 2001 American Airlines Flight 11 crashed into the North Tower of the World Center. William Rodriguez, a simple janitor, was considered a hero because he had played an important role in the 9/11 incident. He had helped many people evacuate the building for safety. He bravely led the firefighters up the building unlocking the doors, knowing that the building could have collapsed. He kept on going up the building helping people that needed his help, and as a result, he was able to help hundreds of people survive. Heroes don’t have to be super heroes, they are people who take risk and a lot of courage to help others.

Ever since I was young, I've always thought of my step-dad as a hero. I affectionately called him "Jake Justice," after a muscular, brave super-hero police officer in the show Rescue Heroes. Seeing him come home every night in his crisp black uniform and K-9 unit police car was often the highlight of my day. To me, there was nothing cooler than what he did - putting bad guys in jail. Even as a young child, I knew the importance and the dangers of what he did. Every night I would tell him to be safe. I constantly thanked him for what he did. And for a while, most of the world followed my sentiments and gratitude as well.

“I wish I could be a hero!” Many adults in today’s society hear small children wishing they could become heroes. Children wish to be more like heroes for the reason that heroes are the type of people who risk their lives to help others. Throughout history, children have had a positive connotation with the word “hero.” The heroes many small children talk about are the fictional ones who protect cities from villains: Superman, Batman, Spiderman, and others. However, these are not the only types of heroes in today’s world. Firefighters and policemen are also considered heroes because they save the lives of those in danger. Many adults consider their inspirations to be heroes, such as Mahatma Gandhi, Martin

John Barth, and acclaimed writer said, “Everyone is necessarily the hero of his own life story” (Hero/Heroism). To me that means everyone is a hero in one way or another. Volunteering is an example of being a hero. You could be helping disabled people by volunteering at Camp Courageous. Deloras Propst volunteers at the Camp Courageous Garage Sale here in Manchester Iowa. The garage sale raised $115,000 last year for the camp (Propst). This is one reason I count Deloras Propst as a hero.

Heroes are a big part of our society, as it comes to no surprise people have heroes who are normally older than themselves moreover at a higher maturity level than the person, however, in this case, it is exactly opposite. Austin Tyler Causby’s hero’s though not a typical hero would most definitely made a hefty contribution to his life. In the year 2009 Austin received news from his mother, consequently he was devastated, his mother was pregnant. This made Austin’s world collapse on him, he was an only child for almost ten years and now there was going to be another one around to take his place. Once little Payton Bradley was born Austin became increasingly upset with the attention being taken off of him. He became so jealous that at one point he tried to sit on him to

Before I knew my grandma, she worked at the VA in the intensive care unit, taking care of veterans who were in dire need of attention. She would always help all of her patients, and to make them feel better she would always bring stuff with her to work to cheer them up. My grandma was well known in the Battle Creek VA as the person who could always bring a smile on her patients face, even in the toughest of situations. When she retired from the VA she became an in home nurse.

One way an ordinary person can be heroic is by being helpful. An example of an act like this is in a poem called “Frederick Douglass,” a poem about an African-American man who was beaten but he had thoughts of wanting a world with freedom. In this text it says “visioning a world where none is lonely” (Douglass 8). This quote is about Frederick Douglass being captured to be a slave and beaten, and still had hopeful

One person’s hero might seem just like another ordinary person to another. My father might not be world famous but to me he’s just as much much a hero to me then any one of those people. Everyday he works; to make sure that I have an opportunity to succeed in life, have a happy life, and be able to grow as a person.

As you grow older, you begin to realize that the world doesn't revolve around you. You find that the people that most influence you influence others even more. That's why Jennifer is my hero; a hero of others.

In his five years of life, young Nathaniel Jr. has become a hero. By relaying his location in a way he was able to understand, the courageous five-year-old may have saved his father’s life. Nathaniel Jr. is not the definition of a common hero, yet through his actions he has become a hero. Although Nathaniel Jr. May be only five, he conveys many qualities of a hero, such as;

Good afternoon. My name is Oliver Daniel, and today I would like to share with you my simple belief: the world needs more heroes. We’ve all heard the saying that ‘not all heroes wear capes’, often in reference to exceptionally courageous people like firefighters, nurses, and others. However, I believe that if we take a moment to think about what traits we see in the everyday heroes around us, and then take them to heart, we can all become better people. First, I will explain just what I mean by an ‘everyday hero’, and what we can learn from them. Then, I will show you how you can become someone’s hero