Be A Hero In 'Mother To Son'

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What is being a hero all about? A hero is a person who is a brave, smart, kind and never gives up. A hero is a person who is willing to risk their life during deadly situations. Heroes are people who help other people.
Being a hero means saving a kid stuck in a crack of ice. In the article by Mrs.Lauren, Kole Devissecher who was driving by the Red River noticed a blue jacket. So he backed up for another look. When he backed up, he saw a 10-year-old kid stuck in ice. He immediately got out of his car to rescue the kid. He used his truck’s tow strap. he threw it to the kid and commanded him to “catch it”.(Lauren 1). But the kids were already blue and couldn’t catch it. Then Kole made a loop and asked him to put is around his shoulders. He succeeded! Kole saved the kid. Even though Kole never knew the 10-year-old, he risked his life of falling on ice to save the kid. A hero should be willing to risk his life for others and that’s what Kole did. …show more content…

A mother explaining to her son the difficulties of life. In the poem “Mother to Son” , the mother is a hero because she is explaining how life works and it's not easy. In the poem, the mother told her son,”Life for me ain't a crystal stair.”(Hughes). By that, she means life wasn’t easy for her and she learned it in a hard way. So now she is being smart and explaining her son about life so that he does not do the same mistakes that she did and have a happy life with his family. A person who wants the society to improve would do their best to help people succeed in life and that's what the mother did by making her son realize that life is not