Hero

Hero

We have been talking about heroes in Language Arts lately so I want to talk about a real life hero and why I consider her to be a hero. Rosa Parks is one of my real life heroes. She stood up (actually, she sat down) for what she believed in. She was arrested for not giving up her seat to a white man. Can you imagine? Lets say you're on a bus. There is an elderly lady who probably someone's grandma sitting near you. A white man asks her to get up just because she is black. When she refuses, she is arrested. Now imagine if that happened to your grandma! That is so unfair and inhuman. It was wrong for people to mistreat blacks. They are humans too. God made us all in his image and we should love everyone. People weren't seeing this. There were even separate black and white churches!

 

Rosa Park is amazing to me because she was not afraid to go against something unjust. I have been in a situation where I feel like I don't fit in. I have faced racial discrimination as a foreigner in India and I did not like it at all. She was brave and selfless. Those are two important qualities of  a hero. She was selfless because she wanted to raise awareness and put a stop to this for others, even if it meant getting arrested. She was also kind. Although people came to arrest her, she didn't fight. She didn't want to bring harm to anyone. Eventually, the awareness spread and she was a part of freeing the blacks in America! She affected society so greatly and helped the whole human race. This is why I consider her a true hero. I have found that true heroes don't have super powers or great looks, they are ordinary people who stand up and do the extraordinary things!