Definition Of Heroism

Romain Rolland once said: “A hero is a man who does what he can.” Everyday you might pass a hero walking down the street and you may not realize it; a hero can be anyone of any age, race, or gender. Heroism is being ready and willing to fight for others, and having courage by showing determination and exceeding expectations, not having powers with a cape, good lucks, and muscles to go along with it. Heroes are willing to fight for strangers despite the risk it can have. Putting others before yourself has a big role of being a hero. For example, he is known as the “man in the red bandanna”- Welles Crowther. On September 11, 2001, disaster struck. Planes crashed into the two Twin Towers in the busy Manhattan Island, but one man was ready. Gerry

For example, soldiers are always used as an example, but one soldier named Kyle Carpenter. Kyle did something most people would never even think of doing- throwing himself in front of a hand grenade to protect his best friend, and they both lived. Currently 26 year old Kyle Carpenter jumped in front of a hand grenade is 2010 and suffered many injuries, ranging from a skull fracture and a punctured lung and the predicament that he would not survive. Although, roughly 40 surgeries and almost four years later, he received the Medal of Honor from President Obama. Kyle said, “I’m still here and kicking, and I have all my limbs, so you’ll never hear me complain.” One situation made three heroes. Three Americans named Spencer Store, Alek Skarlatos, and Anthony Sadler fought off a man with a sniper to save the lives of people on a train. The three fought the gun man without a doubt. Stone said, “He seemed like he was ready to fight to the end. So were we.” Next, this hero is a real one, but a realistic fiction kind of hero. A poem called A Man by Nina Cassian is about a soldier who loses an arm and thinks about all the things he couldn’t do anymore. Towards the end of the poem, the tone switches from melancholy from determined to do things with more enthusiasm. In the poem, a couple lines show a fantastic example of exceeding expectations. “From that moment on, he set himself to do

Instead they are everyday people who do something extraordinarily brave. For instance, one brave 18 year old heard three children calling for help in the water, so he dove in to help- even if he didn’t know how to swim. Cheng Changjiang was on vacation, taking a picture at a local lake, and heard three children scream for help. Disregarding the fact he could not swim, he dove in the water to help anyway. Wan Sun says, “He gave his life for the children, he was a hero.” All three children survived, but, unfortunately, Cheng did not. His father Ling Wu said, “It was typical of him. He would not think about putting others before himself.” Most people would not risk their lives for three children they have never even seen before, but Cheng did and that makes him a hero. During 9/11, many people weren’t thinking of other people, but for themselves and trying to survive the attack. However, a group of people were thinking of other people. A group of regular people couldn’t do much during the attacks. But people who owned boats? Common, everyday people all grabbed their boats and rushed to the scene to pull people out of danger. One boater named Vincent Ardolino was recalling what he said to his wife before he left to go help: “I says ‘I have to do what I have to do.’ I says ‘Nobody can stop me right now. Even if I save one person or rescue one person, that’s one person less that will suffer and die.’” Every