heros
...s to give hope. On September 11, 2001, with the United States in shock and awe of what had just taken place, television stations and newspapers showed shots of the brave men and women working around the clock to help find any survivors in the wreckage of the twin towers. These people were heroes in the minds of American viewers and rightfully so. People needed to see these visions to help deal with Society has built up this image of a hero as someone who is well-known, easy to get along with, and always accomplishing helpful deeds. Recognition is what most people strive for in life. Many struggle to be under the spotlight, to be put on a higher pedestal than others, to be immortalized, and to have that sense of respect. I believe this is an honorable objective. Yet what about the individuals who are not acknowledged, which we do not hear about. Someone who performs good deeds, without the reward and acknowledgment of hero status. To me this is a hero. A hero is someone who does not live their life to be put under the spotlight. It is someone who I would consider as living a modest life to be exact. When I look at all my friends in my life, there is one unique person who demonstrates all my qualities of a hero. His name is Sheldon, and I never thought of him as a hero until now. A hero in my eyes is someone who does not look for recognition. They do the good deed for exactly that, the pure act of doing the deed. The hero has no other purpose than to have that satisfying feeling to himself, he has done well. He is just helping other people out, without expecting any kind of reward. Sheldon is one of my good f Hero is a noun commonly used across society today, and it means much more then this word represents. Everyone has heard of a hero at some point in his or her life, whether it is Superman or the Power Puff Girls. Hero, a Latin word from the fourteenth century is defined in the Webster’s College Dictionary as a mythological or legendary figure, often of divine descent and endowed with great strength or ability. Throughout time, the definition of hero has changed tremendously, from being imaginary and strong to being firemen and policemen after September eleventh. Even my definition of a hero might not be the same as it used to be when I was younger. Heroes can be actual people, imaginary ancestors, or even ancient gods and goddesses. One may look up to firefighters and policemen who risked their lives to save others in the September 11th tragedy. After this d As the years go by the way people describe the word hero has changed. In the past the meaning of a hero was someone who fought and killed for a purpose such as saving lives, or protecting the innocent. However there are many people who see a hero, simply as a person whom they look up to. At a younger age there are those who view athletes such as Michael Jordan or Kobe Bryant as their hero because they are what they aspire to be one day. Then there’s Martin Luther King Jr who has changed many of peoples views on the definition of a hero. King, who never had to lay a finger on any one in a violent manner was viewed as a tremendous hero by changing their lives in a positive way. King was a perfect example of how words can be so influential and touching to the live of so many people out there. A hero can be anyone, from a teacher in a school building shaping the lives ...