Was Andrew Carnegie A Hero

Was Andrew Carnegie a hero? Andrew Carnegie was a successful businessman in the early 1900’s, He developed his business skills through being observant of others. Carnegie ended up donating his money at the end of his life to several foundations to help the community. Was Andrew Carnegie a hero? By definition a hero is someone who is admired or idealized for courage, outstanding achievements, or noble qualities. It seems to me that he is not a hero, he donated money to charities to help the community but that does not necessarily make him a hero. Andrew Carnegie was not a hero during three areas of his life starting to work, being a supervisor and running his own business. The first area of time where Carnegie started working was when he was twelve years old working at the local textile mill. At this time in Carnegie’s life he was a young boy already working to help his family make ends meet, but he slowly worked his way to becoming a telegraph operator. He was one out of three that could decode the messages by ear, he ended up making four dollars a week. This evidence helps explain why Andrew Carnegie was not a hero, he helped his family make ends meet just like every other child at this time. This does not make someone a hero.

Carnegie was noticed at the age of seventeen, he began work for the Pennsylvania Railroad co. throughout the seven years of working for the railroad he became the supervisor of the western division. Working in the railroad industry taught Carnegie multiple tactics for business which he would later use in the steel industry. This evidence helps explain why andrew carnegie was not a hero,but he was intelligent and a hardworking man. But being a hard worker does not make him a hero because every hard worker would be a hero