Davis Street Hero

Everyone needs someone to lean on every now and then when the going gets tough. Not everyone is willing to admit that they are going through something on an internal level. Teenagers, as well as anyone else, could be carrying the weight of the world on their shoulders and would

Bilbo Baggins, a True Hero “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

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.

My Michigan Hero 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.

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;

As an in home A person who loves life and isn't afraid to be myself. Throughout my life I have been able to see my grandma's smiling face every time i've gone out to see her, and even though she might not like a person as much as expected, she still makes them holiday card along with birthday cards to let them know that she was thinking about them. My grandma may not be able to drive to my house, or walk around and shop with me, but what she does have is integrity, and the right to say that she has been nice to every person that she has met, and that is what a true hero

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.

Heroes care not only for themselves, but for others. In the White House Funeral Sermon for Abraham Lincoln, “...not for himself only, not for us only, but for all people in all their coming generations till time shall be no more…” This means that President Lincoln took risks not to ensure his safety but to make sure that he would be known as a doer. Lincoln knew that what he was doing would revolutionize the way not only the way his generation would live but all future ones. This showed that he cared not only for himself but for people he would never get the pleasure of meeting. Back in World War II a true hero was born. One of the bloodiest battles of WWII, Hacksaw Ridge, was lucky to have Desmond Doss as a part of their medical team. He saved 75 people. Most in which others had left behind, for they thought that they weren’t saving. He cared about every single one making it back to base to be helped despite who was after him. Or even in the 9/11 boatlift many heroes stepped up to the plate. Vincent Ardolino, Captain of the Amberjack V,

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.

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.

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

To this day, I believe my parents are heroes because of their ability to endure adversity with a magnitude of courage. They were brave enough to relocate and live up to the expectations and sacrifices their families back in the Philippines made for them. In addition, my parents’ unwavering ambition allowed them to prosper in Brownsville and establish a strong financial foundation for my sisters and me. Therefore, as the first in my family to be born in the United States, I was given the opportunity to not let my life be hindered by financial restrictions, and I was given the support from the best role models I could ask for. Growing up in the Rio Grande Valley presented its own unique set of obstacles, and while they pale in comparison to the hardships my parents faced, I continue to learn more about a remarkable location that is rich in culture but victimized by abject

There are many things that make my grandfather Thomas Dake a hero. He stepped into multiple family members shoes, caring enough to give them a house to live in during desperate times. He persisted while his daughter developing cancer, and helped her through it. Both of these happened after being drafted into the Vietnam War, which was only the start of his struggle. By going through and doing these things, Thomas Dake has shown various times that he is a

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.