Is Heroism Recognized In The Real World?

How is heroism recognized in the real world? How is the ability to persist and to be brave important to our daily lives? When someone goes through a difficult situation or problem with bravery and perseverance and attempts to come out of the situation making the world a better place, it makes them of a heroic nature. Anyone could be apprehensive and give up, but it takes a real hero to have courage and press on. Because heroism involves courage and perseverance, a hero must be brave and persistent in difficult situations in attempt to make a positive change in something. Heroism is having courage and perseverance- alike Kelsey, an 11 year old child with an incurable disease. “But Kelsey, now 11 years old, is fighting through the symptoms
But Neil Armstrong is not a hero because even though he may have set foot on the moon, he didn't have perseverance or courage in the process of his so-called heroic adventure. Here is a quote from a book called Who was Neil Armstrong? : “Neil went back and forth about whether to apply” (Edwards 54). This may show that Neil was uncertain about deciding whether or not he wanted to be an astronaut. This is not heroic because; although Armstrong did make a positive change in the world, he is having neither bravery or persistentance in this situation . In addition to this, another example of a person who was thought of as heroic but isn’t is Tristan Segers- a soldier who lost his leg at war. “The rehabilitation was rigorous and I pushed it, building back my muscles and learning to use the prosthetic leg.” (Weiser) In this scene, Segers is building back the muscles he lost when he was in the hospital. Even though this may demonstrate perseverance and Segers putting in effort to create a positive outcome- it does not show courage - therefore, Segers is not a hero.Thus, because heroism involves courage and perseverance, a hero must be brave and persistent in difficult situations in attempt to make a positive change in something. The idea of heroism being based courage and perseverance to me is a great idea- because then the option of being or becoming a potiential hero is open to everyone. The idea of heroes having bravery and persistentance could be especially important in life to help motivate others to be brave and pursue their dreams or to help others become motivated to do something good with their lives. I mean we only get one shot at life so we better make it