Christopher Reeve's 'An Essay On My Hero'

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3844 “A hero is an ordinary individual who finds the strength to persevere and endure in spite of overwhelming obstacles.” Christopher Reeve. Whenever I hear the word hero, I envision a man wearing a cape and tights, rescuing helpless civilians from burning buildings. But in reality, such mutants don’t exist. Instead, we have the people who raised us and read us stories of these amazing people. We have the person who helped us learn how to walk and how to talk, our mothers. My mother is the person I look up to and I hope to one day become. She has shaped me into the person I am

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