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What Does Being A Hero Mean To Me

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“A hero is someone who has given his or her life to something bigger than oneself” -Joseph Campbell. A hero is brave, loyal and Unselfish. Anybody can be a hero. Everybody has a little bit of heroism inside of them. But not everybody knows they do but at one point in their lives, their heroism will show. Whether they save a cat from a.tree to saving a family from a house on fire. When you hear the word hero. most people will think of popular fictional characters like “Batman” or “Superman”. But what hero means to me is someone who shows Bravery, Loyalty, and is Unselfish.
A hero is brave, they are there for you when you need them. On September 11th, 2001 The worst terrorist attack on American soil occurred in the heart and soul of New …show more content…

On June 11th, 2017 The president of the United States was giving a speech, then a shot was fired from a gun. Thankfully the gunman missed. But when the shot was fired the president's body guards jumped on top of the president to sacrifice themselves if the gunman went for another shot. This shows how loyal they truly are to their president. You don’t have to be a security guard to save someone, for instance you could just be a student and you could do exactly the same thing as those people did. When I was in elementary school, there was a kid at our school named Toby. Toby was a special needs kid, My dad personally knew his dad they both worked in law enforcement. They lived right across from my grandma’s house. One night, my grandma called my mom, and little did I know that the words that came out of my mom’s mouth were pretty much life changing. Toby’s house caught on fire, from a candle around christmas time, Toby’s father and sister had passed away in the fire. Toby tried to help his sister but the smoke caused toby to fall to the ground and was knocked out. Luckily Toby was rescued. Toby showed his loyalty towards his sister but unfortunately couldn’t do anything. Sometimes a hero is not always gonna be successful, but it's the thought that matters. I'm being completely honest if any of my family members were in this situation. I would do the same exact thing

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