Position Paper On Heroes -- Argumentative Persuasive Hero

Position Paper on HeroesOn September 11th 2001, New York City, Washington D.C., and Somerset County, Pennsylvania all told came fount to face with an un debateable tragedy. When the emergency response teams were sent out to the sites, they had no idea what they were going to experience. They helped others to safety and then turned right sand around to help someone else. These are Americas real heroes. As The United States changes because of these tragic events, the focus of our heroes should be placed on free-and-easy people and not sports and movie stars.A hero should be someone who unselfishly does something for someone else, regardless of danger. Marylyn Schwartz wrote this in the Houston Chronicle on Monday, October 8, 2001. Do sports stars face much danger to make a touchdown, goal, homerun, etc.? Not really. They may face the danger of breaking bones or getting some beautiful nasty bruises, but thats about it. All too often these are the people that children look to as a h eroic figure. Little boys think Mark McGwire, Sammy Sosa, and Barry Bonds are some of the greatest people ever born. Granted that they all performed an amazing feat, but that makes them no more qualified to obtain the side of heroic. Little girls are looking to Britney Spears, Jennifer Lopez, and Christina Alguilera as role models and sources of encouragement. They should be looking at the women who put their life on the line as police officers and peacekeepers. A local hero died early Saturday ...