Nickelback: How Do You Define A Hero?

The subject on the assigned essay is, “How do you define a hero?” Well that is easy. One could just run to a bookshelf, pull a dictionary and state, “A hero is a person admired or idealized for courage, outstanding achievements, or noble qualities.” Or perhaps one would define a hero as someone who has superpowers and flies around saving people. Even one of my favorite bands, Nickelback, makes a hero out to be a man constantly looking out for the innocent waiting to save them and then flying away in a flash. But to me, a hero is so much more. A hero is not a man flying around in tight clothes with a cape. A hero is not someone who can run faster than the speed of light. A hero does not hide away until a light in the sky or a siren on the ground summons him to get up and use some make believe power to capture a villain in a mask and hand him over to the police. …show more content…
He does not go in for a rush or a ‘watch this’ moment. They knowingly put themselves in harm’s way for the selfless reason, the right reason. There are millions of heroes in the world every day. It is possible to have met one recently. Maybe one has bought her a coffee, shook his hand, said hello to him, or even been saved by a hero. It is possible to meet a hero without even knowing that you were talking to one. That is because, in my belief, a hero does not have to be an alien with special powers, or a man who fell into toxic waste and gained