What Makes A Hero?

Can a person be considered a hero through a single act? A hero can be defined as a person idealized for their courage, outstanding achievements, or noble qualities. A simple act of bravery of can make anyone a hero or heroine. Ordinary people can become heroes for making one courageous act they did. A hero can also be a person who is admired for their noble qualities and what they did to make a difference.

First of all, one can be established as a hero with a single act by having an important trait called compassion. Compassion is an important characteristic to have as a hero because it means to have sympathy and pity or worry about others that are in need. The article,"Heroes Among Us: When Ordinary People Become Extraordinary." written by Laurel Dalrymple states that “[f]or a life to be saved, there is no time to wait for rescuers. So these people stepped up, at the risk of their own lives, for people they did not know.” This means that people are heroic enough to step up and not wait for help to save a life. For example, people that have compassion that do one heroic act can be established as a hero because they assisted in a certain situation that was in need of immediate help. Compassionate heroes have the trait of heroism and do the right actions at the right times to help out people in need.

Being courageous is also an important quality because it defines the ability to fight over fear and do what no one else would do. That shows that one has courage to do a heroic endeavor. In the article “What makes a Hero?” by Philip Zimbardo, he says that “Having survived a disaster or personal trauma makes you three times more likely to be a hero and a volunteer.” This means that when you have been traumatized in your past childhood, it is most likely to impact you by making you stronger, more “durable”, and braver. This follows the quote, “What doesn’t kill you makes you