The Flash: A Red-Suited Superhero

For as long as I can remember, I have always wanted to teach young children. I knew I wanted to teach preschool when I dropped my cousins off at their school. It looked so fun and

Barry,The Falsh, Allen died Tuesday, October 11, 2016 by running at mach two and tripping into Star labs making the building collapse on top of him, which killed him. He was 50 at the time of death.

The concept of a hero has been around for many generations, and the meaning of a hero is defined in ways people grasp its idea. A hero can be a person who has a superpower and is willing to make a personal sacrifice for the benefit of others or can be an ordinary everyday person who just wants to help people out of his or her own heart. Linda Seger’s article, “Creating the Myth,” tackles the idea of a “Hero 's Myth,” and shows the ten steps of how heroes are transformed from an ordinary person to the Savior. On the other hand, Robert B. Ray piece titled, “The Thematic Paradigm,” emphasizes that in modern films, it is either having an “Outlaw Hero or an Official Hero,” which he uses three stages to demonstrates how they are different each other in the way they perform in the society. Further, the article, “Out of Character: Wonder Woman’s Strength Is Her Compassion - What Happened?” by Stevie St. John, explains how Wonder Woman was viewed as a compassionate woman in the 1940s and 1950s, and in the 2000s she changes into a more violent person. In this essay, I argue that a hero is subjective, and is defined by the villain or event that they had to adapt to suddenly.

Upon first entering college, I struggled deciding at such a young age what I wanted to do for the rest of my life. Through babysitting and volunteering with pre-school aged children at my church and through a school program called STARS, it became evident to me I had a love for helping children. It fascinated me to see how they viewed the world around them and how quickly they learned new truths everyday. Nevertheless, I knew I would not get the full enjoyment interacting with children as a schoolteacher because the teacher to student ratio is so large. Classroom demands would make it much more difficult to devot individualized attention to each student, and I did not like that concept. So

According to Atticus Finch, heroism is “when you know you’re licked before you begin but you begin anyway and you see it through no matter what. You rarely win, but sometimes you do.” If a first grader was asked what a hero was, the majority of them would respond: Spiderman, Superman, Batman, or any other of the endless marvel superheroes. However, heroes can be anyone. They can be your mom, dad, brother, friend, a new acquaintance, or anyone and everyone. In movies and books heroes usually have special qualities otherwise known as superpowers. Superpowers such as super strength, invisibility, they can walk through walls, or even fly. But in the real world where superheroes and superpowers do not exist, qualities that a hero possesses are varied.

I asked what he was doing and he replied,” Well, Wyatt you know your brother was a wrestler. Do you wanna wrestle?” I told him Yes I would try it. He had me place my signature on a few papers, then practice started the next day. Now my dad also had me sign up for other sports such as baseball and football, but those sports didn’t have the impact that wrestling had on me. Wrestling is an enduring sport. It takes skill, heart, pride, and most of all hard work. I come from a family that thrives on hard work, that’s how I was raised. My love for wrestling turned me into a great athlete. In Junior high I went to state for wrestling and ended up in 16th out of 50 some kids. After I was in high school, I started working harder than I ever have before. My sophomore year I was one win away from being an alternate for the state, then my junior year I acquired state alternate, now it’s my senior year and I can taste it: I want to go to state so bad. The reason for all of my success is behind my dad’s support and push for me to be the best I can be. If it wasn’t for him, wrestling would have never taught me how to be a hard worker and have self discipline.

When I was in elementary school I would spend most of the summer setting stuffed animals up on my bed to teach them all the math problems I had learned the previous year in school. In middle school my friends would come over and I'd teach them how to do cool tricks on the trampoline or how to draw bubble letters. Once I was in high school, I had more opportunities to work with children and I took them without hesitation. Since teaching is something I enjoy doing in my freetime I know it's something I would love to do as a career.

When people think of heroes, the first thing that comes to mind is someone like Superman, with incredible powers and a heroic mindset. A more unlikely hero would be someone like Harry Potter, a little boy who is thrown into a world of magic without knowing his way around and finding out that he is famous for something he can’t even remember. Some heroes don’t even have superpowers, like the man from ‘The Man in the Water’, a hero who traded his life for five others. But one thing that they all have in common is that they create change.

Music has always been a large part of my life. Since I was six years old, I would dream of being one of the players in an orchestra to my favorite movie. As I grew older, these dreams started to have a greater impact on me and began to shape the outcome of my life. In fourth grade, I began to play the recorder for my elementary school, and I immediately loved it. I loved playing it, and it helped that the teacher was fun too. But, even though I loved playing the recorder, I knew the instrument I really wanted to play, the flute.

In the essay by Kristin Lewis writes that “Many characters have been around for decades, with many people that look up to them”. People see them as heroes who do the impossible.Superheroes

Heroes are prevalent in everyone’s life. Whether someone’s hero is a living person or a fabled character from a movie, everybody has come into contact with some sort of hero. In fact, the concept of heroes has existed for hundreds of years, dating all the way back to Ancient Greece. Over time, heroes have drastically changed. As society has evolved, our heroes have evolved with it. Their goals and motivations have changed to coincide with the views of modern society. Modern day heroes have less selfish motives, better qualities, and are portrayed differently than ancient heroes.

From Superman to an ordinary firefighter, there are many different versions of a hero. Every hero has their own distinct traits, and as such, people will have differing views on what exactly constitutes a hero. However, one common quality between heroes such as policemen or The Flash is that no matter how enormous the obstacles they face are, they constantly persevere and fight to do what is best for the common good. This definition of a hero, a person who selflessly fights against any odds for the people, is one that many people will agree with.

At around 6 years old, I was diagnosed with ADHD, anxiety, possible ODD, possible insomnia, and an extremely low innate reading ability. As a result, I became obsessed by comic book superheroes. Not only did they provide me with a way to expand my imagination, but they provided me with an outline to follow. While many of these heroes suffered from many different physical and psychological problems, such as addiction and coping with the fact that they were different than most people, they still never let those problems affect their actions. Despite their flaws, these heroes were selfless, quick on their feet, were able to take charge of a situation, and were always open to work together to achieve a common goal. I still remember seeing my first batman comic and the epic desire I

The origin story of a superhero can also tell us why they became a superhero. The Flash, Barry Allen, was a forensic scientist who was working late in his lab, which was the same night that a particle accelerator went off and exploded. The combination of the particle accelerator explosion, chemicals in the lab, and the bolt of lightning that struck Barry Allen; He was able to travel at amazing speeds. This only describes the process of how he got his powers but his drive to use these powers for good was something that happened to him as a child. When Barry was nine years old he witnesses the

Superheroes almost all have the same goal: to save their city. Although they all seem to have the same goal, they are not the same person. One superhero might have social anxiety, while another superhero is a social butterfly. No superhero has the same exact same superpower or personality. In the Detective Comics series, there are over ten thousand characters, including superhero’s. Two of my favorite superheroes are The Flash and The Green Arrow. Although the Flash and The Green Arrow seem to be very different, when taking a closer look, the reader will find how similar they are in becoming superheroes to save their city, becoming orphans because of who they are, and having troubled past.