Heroism Is A Hero

“A hero is an ordinary individual who finds the strength to persevere and endure in spite of overwhelming obstacles,” said Christopher Reeve. I agree with Christopher that to be a hero you need to persevere through a lot, overcoming overwhelming obstacles, and find the strength to do it. It is worth the attempt to become a hero and achieve what you set out to get. Heroism is a combination of not giving up even after lots of failed attempts, putting your life before others and risking it, and is not for the reward but for the good of this world. Heroism is achieved by not giving up even after many failed attempts. For example Thomas Edison. He failed 1,000 to 10,000 times before successfully creating the first lightbulb. Thomas Edison said

An example of this is Marcos Ugarte, who was doing homework in his home when he noticed a glow from a house down the road. Marcos ran over to the house and saw it in flames. There was a family of five that lived there. Marcos quickly grabbed the ladder and climbed up to the second story and through a window where a little boy was trapped. He quickly grabbed him and brought him down the ladder to safety. Most people would be scared of a house on flames and risk their life to save a stranger. Marcos did, and he didn’t get injured or burned from the fire, he just saved a young boy with a future ahead by risking his life for him. (Abbey 2012) Another example of risking your life to save others is Dennis Codrington with two others who helped a stranger who fell onto the subway tracks. In no time Codrington and two others jumped down to the bleeding man and brought him to safety up on the platform just seconds before the train came. (Couldn’t find) Many people at a subway when someone falls would never jump onto the tracks and save someone risking their own life to save a stranger, but Codrington and the two others did and save the poor guy from getting

An example of this is Chad Pregracke. He cleans the Mississippi waterways and gets rid of the garbage in the water. He also planted a million trees because trees are good for the environment. He could have done it for the reward of money and being popular but he did it for the good of this world. Most people wouldn’t want to spend time to clean waterways and plant millions of trees. But Chad is different. He cleans the waterways and plants trees for the environment. He started a business called Living Lands and Waters. Another example of doing it for the good and not the reward is Temar Boggs, who had been moving a couch into the apartment of his elderly neighbor when he got asked by the police if he had seen a girl who was kidnapped but he hadn’t. Later he borrowed a friends bike and rode throughout the neighborhood looking for the girl. Then Temar saw a maroon Chevy and saw the girl sitting in the back. He then chased the Chevy and the kidnapper dropped the kid off and drove off and he saved the girls life.Temar said “I didn’t do it for the attention. I just wanted to help.” Most people would not have taken time out of their day to look for a kidnapped child but would only do it for the reward of finding the