In the article titled “Is a Hero Really Nothing but a Sandwich?” by Ted Tollefson, he states what makes a person a hero. One interesting idea he mentions is a hero has ability to boost change of community, and another important factor he raises is all heroes around the world are instructive and inspirational. While these are not the only factors that make up a hero, I believe they are the two most essential evidences to support the topic.
The first point is that hero has ability to boost change of community. Ted Tollefson indicates that heroes are catalysts for change. They have a vision from mountaintop; they have the skill and the charm to move the masses; they create new possibility. I am an advocate of this idea because there is a real hero in my country with these traits. Exactly, heroes are different with normal people. They are courageous, tenacious, wise, visionary and ambitious, so they dare to do something that normal can not do. They inspire masses, and they also influence people fallow them. In China, there are such words about that no chair Mao, no The People’s Republic of China. Chair Mao is actually a hero in each Chinese mind. When the civil war broken out in 1945, The Communist Party was always at a big disadvantage. However, Mao never displayed weakness; he leaded The Communist Party and masses to persist in battling until 1949. During four years war, He made many wise decisions and became popular around masses so that The Communist Party could win the war in 1949. He also predicted the leak of Soviet Union System, so he does not let China follow Soviet. Finally, he changed whole China, and made people stood up instead of being oppressed; he established The People’s Republic of China in 1949 with China’s unique socialism system.
Another important point shows that all heroes around the world are instructive and inspirational. Ted Tollefson states heroes around the world generally share traits that instruct