Ronald Reagan once stated, “There are no easy answers, but there are simple answers. We must have the courage to do what we know is morally right.” Heroes do not have an easy choice when it comes down to making a sacrifice, but it is a simple answer, to save others, they must give themselves up. Hector of Troy did what he knew was morally right, he courageously stayed and fought for Troy even when he could have left with his family and lived a simple life away from the relentless Trojan war. As common as heroes are in literature, there are very few who embody the true heroic code. Hector fulfills the characteristics required of an ideal warrior, his personality depicts him as a man of valor, his code of living is modest, and he is written to