Superman's Definition Of A Hero
According to the Merriam-Webster online dictionary, the definition of a hero is “a person of distinguishing courage or ability, admire for his brave deeds and noble qualities”. In other words, a hero is an individual with unique attributes that can overcome adversities, and get the admiration of others. Most of the people define a hero as an individual who has done an act of valor by using superpowers, or by a brave act of valor. Let’s use Superman as an example of a person with superpowers. He gains his superhuman characteristics by coming to earth, and because of the planet’s atmosphere, his body gained great strength. He uses his super qualities to fight and protect us from villains, some of them, with the same strength. On the other hand,
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It can be a famous scientist or maybe a philanthropist. For example Stephen Hawking, who contracted a neurological illness, and left him in a wheelchair for the rest of his life. Against all odds, he survived and became a brilliant mathematician as well as a thinker. For many people, he is considered a hero, because he fought very hard against a degenerative condition. He is an example to others on how to overcome adversity and still manage to help society with his numerous works in many fields like space, math, science, and evolution. He inspires a future generation of thinkers, and intellectuals to be like him for the benefit of humanity. Another example is Bill Gates; he is the co-founder of Microsoft, a multi-billion computer company. He made a fortune with his company, now retired and a billionaire, he created a charity organization, with his wife Melinda Gates, called Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. With his fortune, Bill Gates and his wife have helped many people and communities by giving scholarships to about twenty thousand young people. His foundation also helped install forty-seven thousand computers in eleven-thousand libraries around all the United States. But the most extraordinary action that make him a real hero is the use of part of his fortune to eradicate preventable diseases, like polio, in the poorest countries of the world. Because of their extraordinary qualities as a thinker who fights a disease, or a multi-billion business person. Both Hawking and Gates can be considered
It can be a famous scientist or maybe a philanthropist. For example Stephen Hawking, who contracted a neurological illness, and left him in a wheelchair for the rest of his life. Against all odds, he survived and became a brilliant mathematician as well as a thinker. For many people, he is considered a hero, because he fought very hard against a degenerative condition. He is an example to others on how to overcome adversity and still manage to help society with his numerous works in many fields like space, math, science, and evolution. He inspires a future generation of thinkers, and intellectuals to be like him for the benefit of humanity. Another example is Bill Gates; he is the co-founder of Microsoft, a multi-billion computer company. He made a fortune with his company, now retired and a billionaire, he created a charity organization, with his wife Melinda Gates, called Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. With his fortune, Bill Gates and his wife have helped many people and communities by giving scholarships to about twenty thousand young people. His foundation also helped install forty-seven thousand computers in eleven-thousand libraries around all the United States. But the most extraordinary action that make him a real hero is the use of part of his fortune to eradicate preventable diseases, like polio, in the poorest countries of the world. Because of their extraordinary qualities as a thinker who fights a disease, or a multi-billion business person. Both Hawking and Gates can be considered