My heroes essay Heroes are very popular in many cultures around the world and they makeup a big part of it too, each country has a national hero that the people admire and have books, articles and movies inspired by these heroes and their actions. Each and every person has a different idea of who is an actual hero. Two people that are considered as heroes by many around the globe are Sheikh Zayed Bin Sultan AlNahyan and Martin Luther king. This essay aims to direct the spotlight on these two people in order to define what is hero exactly. A hero is a person that is willing to help other people even if they are not obliged to and goes above and beyond of what is expected from him and beyond his own duties to help people in need. First of …show more content…
Sheikh Zayed valued education and knowledge he learned from different people including Bedouins, by the age of 28 he was the ruler of the eastern area of Abu Dhabi centering around the city of Al Ain and by that time too he had a clear vision of all the things he would like to improve in the city and soon he slowly started getting towards his aim. Right after the British left the Arabian gulf Sheikh Zayed started his mission of uniting all 7 emirates, Qatar and Bahrain, eventually only the 7 emirates joined and emerged on December 2nd 1971. With Sheikh Zayed’s motivation and clear vision to further modernize the emirates there seemed a bright future for the UAE. Schools, hospitals and roads were all coming into shape and from a complete desert its now home to many people from many different cultures and countries. This is why Sheikh Zayed is often called the father of all Emiratis he set a great example not only to his people but many people around the globe. (“Sheikh Zayed bin” 2012) One reason why many people consider Sheikh Zayed a hero is because he dedicated his entire life to developing the country and offering the best life for his people, he was able to change so much in his own people, he guided them and inspired them to never loose hope because everything is possible. He is the reason behind many successful Emirati women since he …show more content…
Even though king’s family was in a good financial state and his family was very loving he still went through rough times being a student since he received a lot of criticism from his white classmates and that shaped his personality. By the age of 15 he spent his summer in the north part of the states and was able to see how different races live together in peace, he was how blacks and whites attended the same church and this experience added more fuel to fire kin had against the legal racial segregation in the south. He gave strength to the civil rights movement and was able to successfully stop legal segregation against African Americans not only in the south but also in many regions of the United States. He became famous as the head of the southern Christian leadership conference that support a nonviolent and no terrorizing set of tactics. Many people from many different races count Martin Luther King, Jr as a hero since he fought for an important cause even though there were a lot of problems facing him and he wasn’t expected to succeed, he fought against all the odds and dedicated his entire life towards doing what is