Definition Essay: What Makes A Hero?

What makes a Hero?

What makes a hero? To me a hero is a person that does whatever is necessary to protect the people they’re serving or protecting. In the dictionary it says a hero is “a man of distinguished courage or ability, admired for his brave deeds and noble qualities.”

What I personally believe makes a hero, is a person that is brave and courageous. Courage is one of the biggest characteristics you need to be considered a hero. Heroism is all about how far you’ll go to protect or serve the people and how far you go is all about how much courage and bravery you have to take such quality to the next level.

Integrity to me is another characteristic trait that most heroes should have because to me that characteristic trait is one of the traits that makes a hero. Integrity means to have adherence to other people’s morals and your own moral value of things. To be a hero you

have to have respect for people’s morals and your own.
Fidelity is another characteristic trait to have to be a hero. A hero has to keep promises they make to people. When the US Navy, Marines, Air Force, etc., serve this country, they have to make a promise that they’ll do whatever it takes to protect the people they’re serving. All that is just simply fidelity which means to honor your commitments and to be loyal.
Moxie probably to me is the biggest characteristic trait to have to be a hero.

To be a hero you have to have the moxie to protect or save another person. If you don’t, then you’re probably not going to protect or save another person. You have to have determination to be a hero. You have to make yourself determined to fight or protect what you’re fighting or protecting. That’s what moxie means determination or nerve, one small word but one great characteristic trait to have to be a hero.

Those characteristic traits are what I think makes a hero. We come in contact with heroes everyday. We may not know they’re heroes but whether we know or not doesn’t matter as long as the person they protected believes they are a hero. Just like the people serving our country...heroes, they are pure, true heroes. They have the courage to serve, they have the integrity to serve for America’s morals, they have the fidelity to keep their promises made to this country, and they have the determination to stand and fight for the United States of America. To me those qualities make a

hero.