Last year I wrote something related to an assignment I did. Now, I shall post it. YAY!




On the subject of heroes...

My current assignment is about a hero. It could be a well known public figure, like Abe, or Nixon (As if.)
Or it could be a lesser known person.

But one thing that is a very strong question, is WHAT is a hero? We can take the dictionary.com entry.

    –noun, plural -roes; for 5 also -ros.
    1. a man of distinguished courage or ability, admired for his brave deeds and noble qualities.
    2. a person who, in the opinion of others, has heroic qualities or has performed a heroic act and is regarded as a model or ideal: He was a local hero when he saved the drowning child.
    3. the principal male character in a story, play, film, etc.
    4. Classical Mythology.
    a. a being of godlike prowess and beneficence who often came to be honored as a divinity.
    b. (in the Homeric period) a warrior-chieftain of special strength, courage, or ability.
    c. (in later antiquity) an immortal being; demigod..


But that doesn't REALLY explain it. I don't think any one person or group can call someone a universal hero. I think that is something that must be determined by individuals. A government can call some general a hero, and they very well may be! But they can't decide that themselves.
Perhaps this general did something to advance the governments agenda, to the determent of others and was given a ticker-tape parade. Is that still a hero? Or maybe they rejected direct orders telling them to do something horrific, and were court-marshaled and subjected to public humiliation and obscurity. Does that then make them a hero?

I think that is up to you, now isn't it?