If somebody were to ask you what a hero is, your mind would probably jump to characters ripped straight out of the DC Universe. However, there is more to a hero than just flying and wearing your underwear on the outside of your pants. True heroes exhibit important traits such as bravery, perseverance, and willingness to devote yourself to helping others. There are many great examples of heroes in literature, some obvious, some quite unexpected.
One great example of a hero would be Elie Wiesel from his memoir, Night. In this novel, Wiesel recounts his experiences with his father in a Nazi concentration camp and describes the unimaginable horrors of the Holocaust. At the end of the novel, his father becomes sick with dysentery. It is during this part that Wiesel exhibits heroic qualities, such as him saying in the novel that he “did everything I could to give him hope.” This proves that he is devoted to helping his father, even though his situation is almost as bad as his father’s. That devotion is an …show more content…
These two roboticists may not be the first people that spring to mind when you think of the word “hero”, but they do showcase some heroic attributes. A good example of this would be in the story, Runaround, in which Powell and Donovan need to rescue a robot that is caught in a stupor on Mercury.They come up with an idea to “use the First Law of Robotics to break the stupor.” The First law of Robotics in Asimov’s book states that a robot cannot allow a human being to come to harm. This means that the are risking their health and potentially their lives to save the robot. The fact that they are using their ingenuity and risking their lives to save the robot demonstrates important heroic qualities, such as bravery and caring about others. These have all been examples of heroes from literature, but there are also many heroes in real