How Is Collins A 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

In the story “Mystery of Heroism” by Stephen Crain, Fred Collins is a hero. Collins begins this story with intent fueled only by spite from his comrades jesting at him with comments such as “Well, if yeh wanta drink so bad, why don’t yeh go git it?” and Collins taking the bait with “Well, I will in a minnet, if yeh don’t shut up!” (Crain pg. 2). Given Collins actions thus far, he is nowhere near a hero. Evidently, his only intent behind pursuing the brave feat of crossing the battlefield simply to get water is to prove he will do it. But this is only the beginning of Collins’s journey. A little over halfway through the story, Collins intent begins to change as “The canteen filled with a maddening slowness” and “on the ground near him lay the old well bucket” which he “lowered swiftly into the well,” (Crain pg.

There are many differences between the book, Freak the Mighty by Rodman Philbrick, and the movie, The Mighty, starring Kieran Culkin, Kevin, and Elden Henson, Max. There are many more than the ones I’m about to list but these are just the major ones. Such as the way Max and Kevin meet, when they rescue the purse from the sewer, and Kevin's death.

During the Civil War, Fred Collins was parched and needed a drink to quench his thirst. He had to make a choice to retrieve the water from the well across the battlefield, or stay there just knowing there is water close by. He knows that the battlefield is no joke and that bullets are soaring by left and right, and one wrong move could have him killed. Despite these conditions Collins chooses to trek across the battlefield to attain water for him and his army. His fellow soldiers didn’t think he could do it, so he wanted to prove them wrong.

A hero is someone who is selfless and is courageous. They also are usually an ordinary person who later does something very heroic and great. They also don’t act like self centered when they get recognized for it. In the editorial “What is a Hero” by Art Green, he shares a story about a man who almost died saving others in battle. In this he says, “ In this case, Benavidez says that it was not he that was the hero; it was the faceless men who paid the ultimate sacrifice.” This evidence shows that Benavidez and heroes don’t “bask in the glory” and this impacts him because he knows that people died for their country and he also did two so he can’t take all the credit for saving the men. Roger Rosenblatt, author of the editorial “Man in the water”

In the story “Mystery of Heroism” by Stephen Crain, Fred Collins is a hero. At the beginning of the story Collins and his buddies were joking about whether or not Collins would go get water. After asking his captain he was on his way to the well and one of his friends say, “He’s goin’ to that well there after water”. Even though at the start of the story the reason Collins goes to the well his to prove his friends wrong, his intentions do change. He was determined to make sure his troop had water and saving the guy that was dying. When he was at the well, “The [canteens] filled with a maddening slowness”. The fact that he brought everyone’s canteen to the well with him to fill just proves that he cares about everyone, not just himself. He

Fred Collins is not a hero in the story Mystery of Heroism by Stephen Crain. On page four in the first paragraph the soldiers are making fun of Fred Collins and Collins goes to fetch unneeded water and the captain of the regime finds out and states, “he must be a desperate cuss.” From what the captain says you can tell that Collins was doing this act to prove himself and not to help others. Under that first paragraph Crain shows how, “It seemed to him supernaturally strange that he had allowed his mind to maneuver his body into such a situation.” A hero does not let his mind affect them in a way that Collins mind did. A real hero does things without the motive to prove/ better themselves,

Another example of a hero is when Captain Sully was on the plane that had lost the engine he had to make a choice. Sully could have flown all the way back to the airport or landed in the Hudson River. Sully decided to land in the Hudson River and when he did everyone landed safely. Sully would be defined as a hero because he did risk himself to save every single person on the plane. Sully risked his life by staying on the plane and landing it safely instead of jumping out of one of the exits. Sully did not have to land in The Hudson River but he did, on his own (Sully). In the Boat Lift act one boat had called many other boats to help transport people to a safe place where they could stay. The one boat that had called all the other boats to come help is a hero. The boat that called the others is a hero because they risked their boat and their lives to help the people get to a safe place. Also The first boat was not asked to do anything and they still did the act (Boat Lift). Many people can be heroes if they take a risk on their own to help others, but there are always people that are not

Sully is a hero because he had to make a split second decision that would result in lives saved or lost. In the text, “The Banality of Heroism”, the author has several ideas of what exactly heroism is, “Heroism may be an instantaneous reaction to a situation”. This relates to Sully because he could have made the wrong decision by landing the plane in the wrong spot and hurt many people. However, he focused and made a good decision. In the text, “A Hudson River Hero”, Sullenberger knew that he had to make a quick decision in order to get the plane out of the air safely.”

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Being a hero is something everyone is capable of with bravery and intelligence. You don’t have to be a Greek God to be a hero, you can be a simple, average person living in a regular town. Heroism is not your social status and ruling the land, it is the qualities you possess and how you use them. Both the short story “The Hero’s Test” by Alisoun Witting and the short story “The Red-Headed League” by Arthur Conan Doyle shows heroism and how anyone can be a hero.

“A hero is someone who has given his or her life to something bigger than oneself”- Joseph Campbell. When one is lost, a hero come into play to guide, protect and give advice to help them to feel alive in life. Hero's sacrifice their life for a person that is very important to them. Hero’s create their own path for others to guide them in life, they give their own life at risk to protect people in danger. They give all their time to make somebody a single smile.

Stephen Crane, author of “A Mystery of Heroism,” creates his protagonist, Fred Collins, to be a fearless and self-centered soldier who undergoes a challenge which changes his characteristics from what they were in the beginning. The story opens on a battlefield with Fred Collins complaining about thirst. The author brings up Collins’ need for water throughout the story, allowing the reader to infer that the protagonist is going to go to any extent for a drink, therefore showing off his fearlessness. Collins is also able to be characterized as a self-centered soldier due to the fact that he only cares about going to the well to get water to replenish his thirst. Further in the story, Collins asks his captain if he could go to get some water from the well.

“A hero is no braver than an ordinary man, but he is brave five minutes longer,” (Ralph Waldo Emerson). A hero is just like an ordinary person, but they make a choice to rescue someone, and put their life on the line. For instance, a hero is valiant when they need to be, sacrifices themself for another, and they don't put another in harm’s way.

Heroes are not always people who lead marches or do things for their country. For example policemen, firefighters, nurses, lifeguards etc. are heroes everyday because they take the time to save lives. When they’re going through a challenge or trying to overcome a conflict they always have courage. These people risk their own life to save someone else’s. To be more specific Dr. Ginger Holt from Dallas had saved a little boy’s leg. She was confident and determined to finding out what went wrong in the boy’s leg and went through many procedures looking at the tests.