Heroes are Seen Everywhere, Just Where?

Batman saves Gotham City from the Joker and is the hero, but we can also be heroes with our everyday actions. True we may not have super abilities like Batman, but we all are some kind of hero. Heroes are selfless when the time is needed, and heroes think about completing what they are doing with full determination. Heroes are everywhere, being everyday people just like you and me. A hero can be an everyday person, like Miss. Riley, a teacher; a hero can be a fictional character, like Polyphemus, a monster; although some heroes become villains, like Odysseus.

To begin with, heroes are seen in everyday life although we may not realize it at first, yet in the real world heroes are not recognized by wearing capes or trophies, they are encouraging and determined to help others. Instead they are recognized by family and friends. Heroes in the real world can come from even a small mining town like Coalwood Virginia. To begin, in the movie October Sky, Miss. Riley was determined to help Homer Hickam win the science fair in their county. She was doing everything as his teacher to help him to win; she even gave him a rocket science book to help him accomplish his goal (Johnston). Miss. Riley was Homer Hickam’s science teacher in Coalwood, Virginia. She was being encouraging because she helped Homer even though no one in Coalwood really believed in his dream of winning the science fair. Although, the only person who really believed in him was, Miss. Riley, and she gave all of the support to help him accomplish his goal. Miss. Riley was a hero in her own way and encouraging in someone else’s life to further their dream. In addition, in “Love Triumphs,” Deamonte Love is a hero in his own way again helping others and putting them before him...

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... it up, a hero can be anyone from people in your local newspapers who are as normal as being a teacher, or heroes can be in your fictional books as monsters; although everyone can be a villain once in a while even if they are a hero. Every hero mentioned cared for what they believed some even died while working towards what they cared for, like Miss. Riley and Frederick Douglass. Anyone can be your hero because we all are heroes in our own way, between helping your brothers or sisters to fighting for rights. There is no reason to be your town’s Batman, just do small heroic actions to be a hero in your own way. It is okay to not be a hero at some points like Odysseus, for not every hero can always be a hero they can be a villain as well. Not every hero gets medals, like soldiers, but we all can be heroes without even knowing it even if we think that we are a villain.