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Definition Essay On Heroes

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Can everyday people who aren’t famous be heroes? heroes can be anyone everyone has had the option to be a hero or not. They may not be the bravest the strongest or wear capes but heroes are everywhere. sometimes they don’t even realize that they are heroes. Heroes are sometimes everyday people that help others like helping their sibling on their homework that’s heroic.While a hero can not help everybody, heroes can be selfless, brave, and determined to overcome challenges.
Abraham Lincoln was determined to abolish slavery he died for fighting to do so. Abraham Lincoln was given the severest punishment for freeing the slaves so john wilkes booth shot him. Abraham Lincoln was killed for fighting in what he believed which he succeeded in doing before he died.white house funeral sermon for …show more content…

Heroes do not let their fears stop them from helping others. frederick douglass was a slave and he wrote anti slavery poems and other things which he could be severely punished for. narrative life of frederick douglass “I could not hope to get off with anything less than the severest punishment”(pg 82 Douglass). This shows that they would get horrible punishment if they tried to abolish slavery.

heroes are not only determined and brave but they can also be selfless.soldiers risk themselves for their country they could be fatally wounded. soldiers aren’t selfish they are quite the opposite they give themselves up for their country.from a soldier who lost his limb in afghanistan “Tristan Eugene segers a 2002 graduate of lake stevens high school was driving his armored patrol vehicle when a homemade bomb exploded in the road underneath segers floorboard”(pg. 67 fiege). This shows how soldiers risk life and limb for their country and are not selfish they are

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