Frederick Douglass: A True Hero

Heroes are not famous. Heroes are those forgotten into days society because they do not flaunt their actions for everybody to see. Certainly not a football star who donates to charities out of the millions they earn in a single paycheck since that is giving when you have everything or their manager told them it would look good. Or the people that sit behind the desk for a charity instead of adventuring to the places that need that support and help. A hero is someone who is not ignorant to the problems in the world and devotes him or her selves to building their vision of an exceptional world on a based on honesty.
A hero is someone who chooses not to be ignorant about what he sees. Ken Carter was a man hired to be basketball coach, yet he turned
into a support system for many of his players. Put another way, he told the principal "These young men will play basketball maybe, if they're lucky, another two or three years ... But if they don't get a decent education, it's a lifelong thing. We're going to have some problems," and Coach Carter was determined to be there for his players. Likewise, he knew no one believed in his players and he tried to show them that he did have genuine concern for their future. In the same way Ken tried to provide tough love for his players Kim Carter tried to help addicts change their life around. For an example she helped take care of the “invisible people”, the homeless woman and children with nowhere to go because she was once one after serving time for drugs. Thus, as she put it "But I see them. And I know there's something we can do to help them,” instead of ignoring them like every other person in the world. Kim and Ken did not ignore the world around them because it was a sick one, but did not give up on it so they could make a greater world. Heros like Kim and Ken choose to be aware of their surroundings and maybe if more people did so there wouldn’t be so many people lost in the shadows.
Another trait a hero must have is complete and utter less devotion to their cause.
Frederick Douglass was a slave who had a soul set on fire by a local abolitionist paper and never missed a chance to speak up after reading it. For these reasons he lead the fight to free his brethren from the chains that held them down or as he put it “From that time until now, I have been engaged in pleading the cause of my brethren—with what success, and with what devotion, I leave those acquainted with my labors to decide.” Meaning that whatever it took to gain freedom that is what Frederick would do and no matter how long the fight would take he would forever devote himself to this cause. Yet another devoted leader was Malala Yousafzai for never giving up on her fight against the Taliban. According to Malala her reason for doing so was for those without a voice as the following quote goes “I rise up- not so that I can shout, but so that those without a voice can be heard.” Therefore, Malala always spoke up against the Taliban, even when they put a price on her head for doing so. Malala and Frederick were visions of how not being quiet, silent, and a devoted follower gets no one anything but fear in their lives. However, they both similarly demonstrated that being devoted helped them accomplish their visions of equality and that when people set their minds to something anything is
possible.
If a society is not built on honesty, then it cannot thrive and that is why heroes must be honest. Abe Lincoln, our 16th president, believed wholeheartedly in honesty that he earned the nickname Honest Abe. He reunited a country under one truth that slavery is evil and every man is equal to one another. Thus, proving that his heroic actions, based on honesty, built the stepping stones for a thriving mixed raced society that Americans live in every day. In contrast to Abe Lincoln who gained fame through his presidency, Angelina Grimke had everyday hatred from her friends and family in the south for speaking against their way of life. Even though Angelina Grimke lead a life of riches in Charleston she could not bring her herself to accept slavery. For these reasons she embarked on a journey to find others that understand and agreed with her standpoint. She looked for those who could bring themselves to answer the truth in the question she asked which is as follows “I appeal to you, my friends as mothers: are you willing to enslave to enslave your children? You stare back with horror and indignation at such questions, But why, if slavery is not wrong to those upon whom it is imposed? Therefore, Angelina left Charleston for the north and became a voice that would help lead the abolitionist movement because she could not live life on lie she would have told herself every day that slavery was not evil. Most importantly the honesty of which Abe and Angelina led their lives proved that telling the truth more powerful than any superhero’s power.
In conclusion heroes aren’t those praised in the tabloids for the once in a lifetime heroic action they did. People who tell the truth when no one wants to hear it or keep pushing themselves when every one else has already given and especially chooses not to walk past the man begging but help him on his feet. Some do not even know they are heroes and will for always go underappreciated for their hard work that makes communities function. In addition, they will never seek fame for the things they have done. Many day that heroes are not selfish or weak or fearing. If that were true there would be no heroes. The people the world should consider as heroes are those that become strong out of fear, who learn from being selfish, and who use their minds where their when lacking muscles. Finally, please realize that heroes are everywhere in the world it’s just most people don’t see past their battered outer layer they show from striving towards a better tomorrow.