Oprah Winfrey: A Hero

“It’s not easy to be a hero. You do it because of what you believe, not because of what other people deserve.” Anyone can face a challenge or a hardship. But what makes a true hero is how the person takes on the challenge. Often, heroes show feats of ingenuity and acts of bravery. Two heroes that acted during the American Civil Rights Movement, were Martin Luther King Jr, and Rosa Parks. A hero is a person who has demonstrated behaviors to ethically receive our appreciation and respect. A hero is an ordinary person who finds the strength within themselves to persevere and undergo hardships and calamity.

A hero is someone that never falls, but gets up again and again, never losing sight of his dreams. My hero is a male, who is 42, stands 6'2 and is very strong and never gives up. He is a person that inspires me to think smart about things like working on stuff, and thinks before you do. My dad makes a positive impact on my life to work hard and stay busy.

A hero is not only someone with superpowers but can be anyone. It can be anyone like you or me. A hero is someone who is willing to stand up for other people. The book, A Lesson Before Dying, takes place in Louisiana and is about an innocent Black man convicted and sent to the electric chair. In the story there are real people that Ernest Gaines alludes to. Ernest Gaines makes an allusion to Joe Louis and Jackie Robinson. Beside these two, Mamie Till also stepped up and was audacious. They were all fearless and gave hope to many other people because of what they were doing. These heroes took a stand against society and changed the world for everyone.

A hero is someone you look up to. Who’s your hero? Who do you look up to? “I love my hero to Neptune and back!” My hero, Tasha Young, came from a poor family, works hard and survived cancer. My hero is the oldest of five kids, she didn’t graduate high school and she was a single parent. My mom, Tasha Young, is my hero.

Oprah Winfrey is an American entrepreneur, TV show host, actress, producer, and philanthropist. Oprah Winfrey owns her own network called OWN (Oprah Winfrey Network) and she is the chairman of Harpo Inc. She is a self-made billionaire. She is the ONLY African American female billionaire with an estimated net worth of 3.1 billion. Winfrey is the first black woman to own and run a television network, The Oprah Winfrey show was the highest rated, most seen talk show in history and was watched in 110 countries. Oprah has been honored with awards in broadcasting, including the Peabody award and the IRIS Gold Medal award and 39 daytime Emmy awards.

A hero is a person who is admired or idealized for courage, outstanding achievements, or noble qualities, according to Dictionary.com. Adam Brown and his wife, Kelley Brown, dealt with a broad spectrum of difficulties in their relationship that most people never have to face in their lifetime. Though they faced their fair share of hardships, Kelley and Adam overcame each one and became heroes in the novel, Fearless, by Eric Blehm. Kelley was a true hero from the moment she met Adam Brown. After falling in love with him, Kelley found out that Adam had a drug problem that he was working to overcome.

What do you think of when you think of a hero? According to the Oxford dictionary, a hero is a person who is admired for courage, outstanding achievements, or noble qualities. Heroes are especially popular in Greek myths and legends. Most showed generous behavior, even if it was not obvious until the lesson was learned. Oprah Winfrey is one of the most generous people of our time. I believe Oprah Winfrey is a hero because she uses her past experiences to inform, support, and help others, uses her money, fame, and time to help people, and shows incredible emotional and spiritual strength.

What is a hero? That’s a question I know I’ve asked before. My hero is Eddie Jackson, why? Because when he is determined, and followed his dream. Eddie Jackson is a chef who competed in Food Network Star and won.He inspires me because he worked hard and long to win and i want to win someday too. A hero is someone who works hard, is courageous, brave and admirable. Someone who can be idolized, and to me that person is Eddie Jackson, winner of Food Network

Oprah Winfrey is an American talk show host, actress, and philanthropist. She is best know for her talk show ‘The Oprah Winfrey Show’, which was the highest-rated program of its kind. She has been ranked the greatest black philanthropist in American history. Several assessments regard her as the most influential woman in the world. From her contributions throughout the world.

When we think of a hero, we think of a superhero, but in actuality heroes can be ordinary people. An ordinary person like Oprah Gail Winfrey, before she became a hero. A hero is somebody who never gives up, who puts others before themselves, and who makes an impact on the world. A true hero is someone who will keep trying, even after they go through hard times, and want to give up.

Heros are amazing people. Heros are the people you look up to. They could be famous or a close family member. My hero would be my grandmother, Rita Queen or as I call her “Grandmama.” Grandmama always has a smile on her face. She is someone you want to be around everyday. Grandmama is still incredibly perseverant, courageous, and helpful.

Oprah Winfrey is an icon and role model to men and women all over the world. Many would find it difficult to pinpoint her greatest accomplishment as Oprah has affected the lives of so many in catastrophic ways. However, Oprah wasn’t someone who was simply brought up on sums of money, she created her own luck and surpassed traumatic obstacles that continued to sculpt her into the woman she is today.

For me a hero is someone who touches our lives in a personal way and does not do it for themselves.

Oprah Winfrey, a talk show hostess also known as an actress, philanthropist, publisher and a producer.

Colin Powell, a former United States Secretary of State once stated that “There are no secrets to success. Success is the result of perfection, hard work, learning from failure…” (Dizik, 2011). Many times, throughout life an individual may find themselves struggling to achieve a goal. While failure is always a possibility, it never means that success is not within reach. Many have failed multiple time before reaching their goal. Many business gurus, scientist, inventors and public figures have gone through multiple instances of failure to become the successful individuals as they are known today. Oprah Winfrey is known as one of the richest most successful women in the world. Before she became the women that she is today she underwent multiple setbacks in her career, she endured a difficult childhood and was told she was unfit to do the very thing that she is currently known for. Through all her failures Oprah Winfrey becomes the iconic women that she is known as today (Bilanich, 2016). Failure may become a reoccurring thing as someone tries to obtain a goal or learn a new bit of information. To find success in learning new information an individual must improve their study habits. Understanding the mind's ability encode, store and retrieve information can prove valuable when improving study habits. Enhanced habits can be developed by improving the capabilities of long-term memory, honing the ability to increase attentiveness, and performing in the same manner as an expert