The Hero of The Century

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This world has more than seven billion people, but not everyone is a hero. In an earlier life, there was a native american man named Natty Bumppo and he was considered an American hero. A hero is not something easy for a person to be, Natty Bumppo had done a lot of things and helped others; as a result, people made him a hero. Every person has different traits or characteristics that make them who they are, and the characteristics that belonged to Natty Bumppo made him an American hero. Strength and humanity are two of the characteristics of Natty Bumppo that made him a hero and those still exist for the hero’s traits today.
Strength is one of the important characteristics to expect in any hero, because if a person is strong then they can stand up for somebody else and help the weak person overcome something that they are struggling with. In the story “Last of the Mohicans”, Natty Bumppo had shown the characteristic of strength and stood up for somebody else. Natty helped one militia man to escape the fort so the man can go back home and protect his family from danger. Even though Natty knew helping the man escape was against the British Colonel’s wishes, he still successfully got the man out of the fort and danger through many difficulties. He did not regret helping the man escape but he felt good about it. As a result of what Natty had done, the British Colonel arrested him and ordered that Natty be hung to death but Natty was still strong and faced the punishments from the Colonel.
In heroic characteristics, there is a need for humanity, because if humanity is lacking, then a person would not care about anything. Natty Bumppo has human characteristic in many stories. For example, in chapter seven of the story called “The D...

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...eone who was in need,even though,it put the helper in danger. Firefighter or soldiers are heroes because they fight for others and are in dangerous situations. Both of the traits are important to have for a person who is considered as a hero.
Two of the characteristics that make a person into a hero are strength and humanity and those traits are still showing in a heroes today. From the examples of Natty Bumppo, he was a very strong and human man. He helped people when he knew the punishment for him was death but he still did it. Natty did not like to hurt anyone because he felt like that was wrong to hurt any living things. Natty Bumppo was a nice young man, and his personality was already very human, which makes him an American Hero. Heroes today still have the traits like Natty Bumppo because without these traits, they could not help anyone through difficulties.

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