Analytical Essay: What Defines A Hero?

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ESSAYS-33417 War Analytical Essay: What is a Hero

Trying to define what a hero is may be one of the most troubling topics there are because there may not be a right or correct answer. Is it due to circumstance alone or something that people learn? Human nature stinks, but people are taught how to function in civilized society, but few people are “taught” how to be heroes, so where does it come from? If we cannot answer that, can we answer what truly defines a hero?

I posit that humans are not born heroes. Human nature is cruel and very selfish. People are taught values as they grow older and are taught to respect others as they in turn wish to be respected. People are not born heroes, but there is something in life that drives one person to be a hero and not another. …show more content…

Of this I am not sure. I am not arrogant enough to believe that if there was a god that I would understand it. I do not believe any person is smart enough to fully comprehend even the idea of what a god or higher power is. Since I will never know, I cannot rule out that a higher power makes people heroes.

If human nature stinks, as I suggest, and if people are taught good values, then what makes one person heroic and another cowardly? Two identical twins may be taught the same values and both may be born with the same inclinations, and yet one may be a hero where the other is not. Part of my argument is that it is circumstance, and another part is the human desire or free will to break the norm.

Circumstances may have their part to play in what makes a hero. If a person is repeatedly put into a circumstance where there is a chance to be a hero, then his or her may one day take the opportunity. However, if such an opportunity never arose, it is possible that a potential hero may never become

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