Art Green Heroism

A hero is many things. He is courageous, has perseverance, humble, modest, and committed. A real hero usually is an ordinary person that, when face-to-face with Death, rises to the occasion and acts bravely with no regard to his or her own life, just the others that surround them. Heroes do not necessarily need to have superpowers, be rich, have a special suit, or be expected to do something incredible. They act on instinct, faith, hope, and selflessness, to help people, not to seek fame for their action. The editorial “What is a Hero” by Art Green is about what a hero truly is. It talks about the term “hero” and who actually has the right to the title. The author wants his readers to know that a hero is not a sports player who helps his team

They act in life-or-death situations with real risks, not on the edge of winning or losing in a game. Roger Rosenblatt’s editorial, “Man in the Water,” talks about the crash of January 13, 1982, and the heroism shown from this incident. He talks about four heroes Donald Usher, Eugene Windsor, Lenny Skutnik, and one unidentified hero. Roger Rosenblatt mainly talks about this hero, his identity unknown, who selflessly, while bobbing on the tail of the sunken plane, continuously handed over his own lifeline and floating ring to strangers. In paragraph four the author says this about the mystery man: “For a while he was Everyman, and thus proof(as if one needed it) that no one man is ordinary.” Basically, Rosenblatt is saying that this one hero could be any person. It is important to understand that a hero can be anyone who steps up to the challenge, man or woman, young or old, rich or poor. Ultimately, people have stopped thinking about heroes as the people who save people’s lives, and started associating the word “hero” to something more generic like a star soccer