Definition Paper on a Hero

Paper # 3 Definition
Word Count 549

Hero, a noun commonly used across America today, means so much more than this word portrays. Everyone has heard of it at some point in his or her live, either a superhero or a mythological character. Hero a Latin word from the fourteenth century has a definition in Webster’s College Dictionary that reads-a mythological or legendary figure often of divine descent and endowed with great strength or ability. But after September 11 the various meanings of heroes changed to one view of those who save lives.
Heroes sometimes are actual people, sometimes real or imaginary ancestors or even ancient Gods demoted to human status that comes from a variety of different people. One may look up to the firefighters and policemen who risked their lives to save others in the September 11 tragedy. After this tragedy occurred the word hero came to be a whole new perspective. The f...