Essay On Being A Hero

Hero

What is a hero? The Oxford Dictionary defines a hero as “A person who is admired or idealized for courage, outstanding achievements, or noble qualities”, says the Oxford Dictionary. My definition of a hero is a person taking an action in a misfortune of events. A person can believe that some people really are heroes and would risk their life to help others, and also can believe that if a tragic event happened about 80% of people wouldn’t do anything to save others they would just try to save themselves. To be a hero one needs to be courageous and selfless, you need to give to others instead of yourself.

Beowulf would be a good example of someone who is selfless, he was the great brave warrior. Beowulf fits this category because he went

Those people risked their lives to save others, and most died. They were being very brave, those firefighters didn’t have to go and save the lives of all those people but they did. The people just on the street that were saving lives were also very couragous, they were not trained to help in situations like that but they still helped. “Knowing this was a lie, a group of passengers and flight attendants decided to fight back. One of the passengers, Thomas Burnett Jr., told his wife over the phone that “I know we’re all going to die. There’s three of us who are going to do something about it. I love you, honey.” Another passenger, Todd Beamer, was heard saying, “Are you guys ready? Let’s roll” over an open line. Sandy Bradshaw, a flight attendant, called her husband and explained that she had slipped into a galley and was filling pitchers with boiling water. Her last words to him were, “Everyone’s running to first class. I’ve got to go. Bye.”” (History of 9/11). The three people on the plane that were not trained to handle a plane hijacking, still managed to fight back for the safety of themselves and the others on the plane. One could believe that when people starting realizing what was happening and that it was a terrorist attack that they didn’t stop just because they were scared they kept going. One could think that these are reasons that make the people who helped in 9/11 attacks