Hero Essay

Placing the definition of "hero", into a narrow context and being able to say with confidence whether a person is or is not a hero has always been a problem. There are numerous ways to define hero, some people would call superman, or anyone with supernatural powers a hero. Hero is commonly defined as a person who can defy gravity and save the world, the dictionary calls a hero "a being of great strength and …

…event that befalls them. Mahatma Gandhi did not have super powers, and he did not pummel the bad guys into repentance for terrorizing cities, he didn't fly around with a cape, and he was not the son of a god, or born of nobility. But Mahatma Gandhi is a true hero. "Generations to come will scarcely not believe that such a man as this ever in flesh and blood walked upon this earth." -Albert Einstein