Simon Birch: That One Day I Will Be A Hero

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Simon Birch In the movie, Simon Birch told us,”That one day i’ll be a hero.” while no one believed him at that point. Joe and simon they went through everything like girls,sports,tragedies,and the meaning of life.He was born he would die instantly and no one believed he was not going to live long and he proved them wrong.having faith in yourself and in others and in god while having faith in that will help you a lot. You're worth something no matter what you are who you are like simon he was himself he loved himself no matter how he looked like or who we is.Joe and simon enjoy to be with each other and joe doesn’t care how simon actually looks like he is his friend and he cares about him and joe would want to be with simon for the rest of his life.Simon wasn’t the most pretty kid in the movie they called him names and they thought his was ugly and short.Other thing simos said he was god's instrument he was on on earth to carry out god's plan.People said simon was crazy about what he was saying and that he was crazy and that he wasn’t even right about what he was saying.Well your worth to something and you're important to someone.

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