Personal Narrative-What Makes A Hero?

Mythologist writer Joseph Campbell defines modern heroes as “ someone who has given his or her life to something bigger than oneself”. As Campbell asserts, heroes exist today through sacrificing a part of their life to help others despite what pessimistic views suggest. In contrast, Vigny’s believes that “ quote “ refuting the idea of modern heroes existing today. Despite people fighting for a righteous cause ultimately making unethical decisions, Vigny’s assertion that heroes do not exist is false. Heroes today display aspects of selflessness and portray themselves as role models for others.

"A hero ventures forth from the world of common day into a region of supernatural wonder: fabulous forces are there encountered and a decisive victory is won: the hero comes back from this mysterious adventure with the power to bestow boons on his fellow men."

A hero is not a person with strength or a person how fight monsters. A hero is a person that inspires you to be the best you can be, a person how tells you that there is nothing in the world that you can’t do, a person how will speak to you in a different way. My hero doesn’t need strength or able to fight monster, but their able to change your life in a different way. My heroes inspire me to be the person I can be today and other every day. The people in my store inspire me to do thing I never want to do but they make me do it by changing my mind. The reason I picked these people because they don’t just inspire me they inspire other people to.

“True heroism consists in rising superior to misfortune.” – Napolean Bonaparte. Every fairy tale or story contains a hero; most kids want to grow up to be that knight in shining armor. Many different people and authors portray the idea of heroism in various manners. John Wyndham in “The Chrysalids,” illustrates heroism in a thought-provoking way. Any hero will be responsible, smart and cautious of their enemies; they make decisions and act on a plan, rather than impulse. Consequently, a hero is a leader, an example. They protect and guard, but they lead and have qualities any person would wish to possess. Finally, all heroes have the ability to resolve and realize that you have to take a life in order to save a million others. Based on this,

It was four years ago on the 17th of December, everything seemed like a normal day. I was prepping for finals and eating snacks in the study room with friends when my neck and face turned bright pink and blotchy, and breathing became difficult for me. I remember I had a history final later that day, but was rushed down to the nurse’s office and ultimately had to reschedule that test. Since I had eaten a few different items, we were unable to determine what the real problem was. Two weeks later at volleyball practice, I sat on the side, pink, pale and unable to catch my breathe. My mom had decided that this was enough of not knowing, so she took me to get allergy tested. I sat there at Trinity waiting for a family friend to take vials of blood for the samples. They ultimately gave me a long list of things I was allergic to, and we compared that to what I had to eat the day I was at school studying for finals; and what I had eaten before practice, this was the day I found out I could no longer have any Reese’s trees, or any Reese’s eggs anymore, I am allergic to peanuts.

The words drifted back into her mind as she stood on the sidewalk. Ashes fluttered down, landing in her hair and on her clothes, smearing soot onto her skin and black across her vision. She should have listened.

When I was 9, I lived in Texas. One sunny day my sisters and I were sitting in side because we just came back from fishing and we has gotten three big catfish because the huge lake was behind our house after you cross the railroad. Later that day this car arrived at our house, and a woman and a man came to the door and gave my dad a paper and he read it all i remembered was that that he started crying and then he told all three of us to go with them, so we arrived at this huge building and they took us inside they questioned us and then took all of us to different rooms. They got all of us to different rooms. They got all of us two pairs of clothes and a pair of shoes. They called my mom and I hadn’t seen her in two years and they told her that if she didn’t come get us at a certain time we would go to a foster

“No? Have it your way. I doubt they’re greedy—that honor thing again. Something in which I once believed—honor not the Warrior’s path. Killing I learned from our master. They won’t be easily corrupted. Our master will need to find another way to make use of them.”

What inspires writers to create unique heroic figures in their fantasy stories and action movies? Is it from their own imagination or is from what they see in real life, and an addition of their own imagination? Well it is certainly what they see in real life and their imagination. However, it is reasonable to say those writers have used too much of their imagination, to communicate through a piece of writing or film, of who a true hero is and what a true hero does. The excessive usage of imagination gets to a point where many of us are deceived by those well-developed stories into thinking that people who deserve status as heroes are only brave and save lives, even though there is definitely more to a hero than just that. In fact, true heroes are aware of how they impact others, strives to persevere through challenges, and rarely make decisions that they would later regret.

“Oh, if only I did, Perceval. I’d be the wealthiest man in the known lands. There’s no magical cure for heartache, only time heals that wound.” Merlin cast Perceval a gentle smile. “Mind if I accompany you up to the castle?”

It was a quiet July morning in 2014. I was soundly asleep in my bed. No worries about having to wake up and be somewhere. My sleep was disturbed by some noises upstairs, but saying I have four younger siblings this was nothing to be alarmed about, I just shook this off as nothing and went back to my carefree slumber. A little bit of time passed and I was awoken by my younger sister.

I was walking down the dark lonely street when I heard screams of fear and loathing. Being a hero isn't only about saving lives, but the integrity and courage that is portrayed behind the scenes. Even the people around you are heros in their own way. I was walking along the Manhattan Bridge listening to a podcast I recorded about mutant animals that have been biting people all over the world. As soon as the podcast finished a taxi car approached me and the man said to me, " Sir do you need a ride. I replied with a simple yes and told him to take me to downtown Brookyln.

That's touching and she should not feel that way she should enjoy her kid life to the fullest, people are going to say what they want to say and she should pay them no mind. I had the chance to a go through a wonderful thing in my life and I would not trade it for anything, I was so proud of my little boy that every time I tell this story it brings tears to my eyes. We have boys out day and that's when me and the boys just go out all day have fun, movies car racing, just fun stuff. This time it was just me, and my youngest and he wanted to go to the movies, I said ask one of your friends if they want to come with us, then you have a buddy to talk to because your brother is not going to here. So he is like dad I'm taking Braden and I'm like who is that and he said the blind kid in my class, I 'm like ok so I guess we not going to the movies then, he is like yeah we going the movies, is alright dad they have this cool stuff in the theater a special ear phones which narrates the whole movie with all the sound effects. To make the long story short Braden is my hero, this kid sense humor is so hilarious he don't let his blindness affect him one bit he leave his life. When we got to the theater everybody was looking at us probably think the same way I did when my son told me he was taking him.

Many people have different types of heroes. Batman, Superman, etc. My hero isn't Batman, trying to defeat the Joker and put him in the asylum forever. This person may not be wealthy like Kim Kardashian West. Or have a picture perfect life like a Hollywood movie star. She may not wear a cape. Because not all heroes wear capes... I don't know why people who picture their hero being all these things. Athletic, fit, wealthy , the best life, and a cape. People think that heroes are supposed to be picture perfect. My hero may not be picture perfect. But in my world she is. She's anything but perfect...

When I think of heroes, I used to think that they were in capes saving the whole nation from devastation. When I think of heroes, I look for their own unique superpowers that could differentiate them from a normal human being. When I think of heroes, I always thought they had to be perfect and flawless. However, that was me when I was younger. As I grew older, life gave me some realizations and for this subject matter, I’ve realized one thing: Real heroes are humans, as well. I’ve read about a girl who had a neonatal progeroid syndrome where her eyes, bones, and heart has been affected and no matter how much she eats, she will never gain weight. When she was a high schooler, someone posted a plain video of her for eight (8) seconds without