Heroism : A Hero : Worth A Happy Hero

Heroes willfully put their own life in the place of someone else’s. In other words, a hero risks their life for another person because they wish to benefit the society they live in. This creates a more superior society for the

Heroes aren't all in comic books and movies they can be ordinary people too. To live an ordinary life a person has to be brave to get through the day and they have to be kind to people so they make friends. Being inspirational is something that not everyone can be but it helps so people can look up to the people that can inspire. Being kind is more than just saying nice things; people every day hold doors and say thank you when they are giving things. Some people inspire others to be courageous like making people get over their fears. Courage helps people get over fears as well. Knowing that they can overcome anything that comes at them is courage, and it will always help them. Because heroism involves courage, it causes inspiration and kindness without recognition.

Heroes have achieved many feats that support the belief of a greater good and expressing valor and selflessness through the ages. There are fictional or real life accounts that have recognized these men and women for their vigor and marked them as heroes due to their events of success and motives of committing the heroic deeds. Yet there are copious amounts of people who have sacrifice themselves for a greater good but they have been lost through time even if their actions were prosperous or doomed in the end with a valiant purpose. They are unsung heroes who committed the actions based on their inner fire of what is right or honorable or rather than the fame they hope to achieve from those acts. The world or a populous may not know of their actions, but the actions and beliefs of an individual or group can entitle them of being hero-like without the necessity of recognition and success. They have lost their lives or a part of themselves to a cause based on righteousness rather than self-gain. They presented selfless heroism rather than the the intention to receive praise from the victories. Sacrifice contributes more to Heroism because the individual invested his or her own determination, valor and accepting the opportunity to risk their self-health (physical or psychological) based on great intentions rather than reaping the accolades of committing good deeds.

“Hard times don't create heroes. It is during the hard times when the 'hero' within us is revealed.” (-Bob Riley).This quote truly describes what it means to be a hero because a hero never gives up. A hero is always optimistic, even during hard times, and a hero is fearless and steps up to the challenge. Although being a hero may seem impossible, we never know when the “hero” within us could be revealed.

An example is this outstanding man, Welles Crowther. This 24 year old man was a true hero on that terrible day of 9/11. He was in his deck in the South Tower of the World Trade Center when the first plane hit. At 9:02 the second plane hit the second tower, making a diagonal path with it swings between the the 78 and 84th floors. He then began to lead people to stairway A, and down to the 61st floor where firefighters were waiting. Instead of going back down with the rest of the group, he then went back again to help more people. After leading some more people back down the stairwell, Welles went back up a third time to help even more people. At 9:59 am, Welles third trip back up, the South Tower collapsed. In the video “Man in the Red Bandana on ESPN, Ling Young, a woman that Welles saved, talks about Welles’ decision. “I mean he could have continued going down with us, but he didn't. He decided to go back up.” Welles never thought about his safety, or getting back home with the others. He just went back up that building as many times as he could to save as many people as he could have. Welles is remembered as a hero by everyone he saved and anyone who heard of his heroic and brave story. Another example is about 5 men, Christopher Norman, Anthony Sadler, Spencer Stone, Alek Skarlatos, and Mark Moogalian, who helped stop a possible terrorist on a train in France. When Sadler

Calvin Coolidge, the 30th president of the United States once said, “Heroism is not only in the man, but in the occasion.” People aren't heroes everyday. They have their moments of being a hero, some of their moments are big, others are small. Heroism is having perseverance, being selfless and sometimes sacrificing the things important to you.

“Heroes are everyday, common people. Most of what they do goes unheralded, unappreciated. And that, ironically, is heroism: not to be recognized” (Oliver Stone pg. 73). Heroism doesn’t offer recognition or rewards, in fact, most heroes go unnoticed by the public. People are heroes because they care about problems that might not affect them, but may affect other people in a harmful way. Heroes can be afraid, but over time they have to overcome their fears and achieve what they are shooting for. They are never selfish, and are always looking out for others, even if that means they have to go out of their way to help someone. Heroism always means determination, and always continuing to push through the hard obstacles in life that they might

“Hard times don’t create heroes. It is during the hard times when the ‘hero’ within us is revealed.” -Bob Riley. Each person goes through challenging times, even heroes experience the challenging times that show what they are truly made up of. These difficult times show the level of a determined mentality they have about their hopes and dreams. Heroes never give up when a struggle may knock them down by cause of them adopting that as strength to fight what they believe in and get right back up. Since heroism represents a fight in taking action for what they believe in, it doesn’t affect the hero if it is themselves against the world, they never give up. Although it is the world against the hero, they find the right mentality to say even the

Finally, heroes are courageous throughout challenging times. Although times may be challenging heroes are courageous and do what they must. For example, in the article “9-year-old Girl Scout Saves Mother’s Life After Car Accident”, Melina Lakey saved her mother

Heroism is a quality many aspire to but few achieve. Depending on the current culture and view of a particular society the definition of what it means to be a hero varies. Greek culture shared many values and ideals throughout all of its cities. However, some differences can be seen in cities such as Athens and Sparta. The readings from Homer, Xenophon, Aristophanes, and Thucydides explain the Greek ideals about heroism. While the religious groups of Christians, Muslims, and Jews shared some basic concepts they differed greatly from the Greek vision. The Christian Sermon on the Mount, the Jewish Hebrew Scriptures, and the Muslim Koran all praise a similar version of a hero.

Aaron Sorkin, a screenwriter, producer, director, and playwright, once said, “Heroes in drama are people who try hard to reach a virtuous ideal. And whether they succeed or fail really doesn’t matter - it’s the trying that counts.” Sorkin states that heroes are those that attempt to reach their goal, not necessarily those that succeed. Heroes will proceed to try, no matter who or what is preventing them from reaching a goal. Sorkin is also discussing people attempting to reach a “virtuous ideal”, which is often obtained for others. A hero is one who solves others’ before their own, is determined to obtain a goal despite obstacles, but may not always conquer the challenge at hand.

“True heroism is remarkably sober, very undramatic. It is not the urge to surpass all other at whatever cost, but the urge to serve others at whatever cost.”, words once said by Arthur Ashe. Mostly people in this day and age think somebody can only be a hero if they have superpowers. Arthur Ashe the first African-American tennis player to be ranked number one tennis player in the world had to face many challenges to become the best. Also being an African-American he was not respected in his field but he persevered until the end to show his community that they are capable of achieving anything they want. For instance, heroes serve others not for the appreciation or prizes but for the welfare of society. This shows that heroism is not

“Hard times don't create heroes. It is during the hard times when the 'hero' within us is revealed” (Bob Riley). Heroes show strength and positivity during and after a crisis or trial. In everyday life heroism is everywhere, personified in seemingly normal people. What sets them apart is their determination and heart.

When it comes to doing the right thing, there is always a reason why heroic people do it. “We cannot sacrifice any more of young citizens to this tyrant…. I vow that it is the last time the Minotaur will be fed with the flesh of any of our people” (E2BN.org). This shows, that people that do acts of heroism do it because they either had enough of something or they wanted to do something that would be beneficial to other or themselves. In addition to that, people that act heroically might of been affected by something, like someone close dying because of a bad guy or a disease so because of this, the person affected would try to prevent the incident that happened to him. Likewise, heroic people never give up until they succeed in achieving their acts of heroism. “When he landed on the hard cold stone…. It was over, he had done it. The Minotaur was dead” (E2BN.org). This states that no matter how deadly or overwhelming the obstacle is, the hero would find strength or think of something to beat the odds. This also claims that giving up is not an option because it will lead to no success. In conclusion, people that act heroically always prevails on succeeding on doing the right

“A hero is someone who, in spite of weakness, doubt or not always knowing the answers, goes ahead and overcomes anyway.” - Christopher Reeve. Average everyday people face many challenges and overcome them most of the time, but there are certain challenges they just give up on. They start getting into a certain mindset where they claim they can’t overcome the challenge. A hero, however, sticks to the right mindset and keeps trying and getting better, despite the obstacles facing them. Even though they aren’t always able to save everything all the time, heroes risk and strive to reach their goals and do their best while exhibiting determination and modesty.