How does society perceived a hero?

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How does society perceived a hero?

By Angelica Vere



Just like how Hercules experienced at first, if you were extraordinary and not similar to what people see in their everyday life (for example, in Hercules context, his extraordinary strength), you will be treated as an outcast, weird, and even evil. Why is that? It's because you are different from them, and might also because they are jelous of what you have. However, when you start to please your society by doing good things to them or helping them, that's the only time your society will welcome you and even treat you special. But the thing that bothers me is the question that, "do a hero really needs to please his society to be able to accept and welcome him?". Does being popular has an influenced to the title "hero"? I believed that the answer is no. Being a hero means committing oneself to help the needy without expecting something in return. Because a help won't really be help if you use it to get what you want. Help must come from the heart and fulfilled by your actions. And lastly, being a hero means sacrificing your own happiness for the common good and for your people's safety. Once the hero knows his path and was able to fulfill his heart's desire, that's when the reward will find its way, and it is self fulfillment. The reward that nobody can take away from you. 

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