Treayanna Smith
Pell 4th Period
CP English IV
February 10, 2011

Super Mom During the Anglo-Saxon period, heroes were seen as semi divine people. They were characterized by their strength, their courage and their loyalty. Today, a hero in our sense is usually associated with celebrity. A hero is awarded for the things they do for other people, as helping out for helping out the people of the world, like Rosa Park. A celebrity is a famous person that you’ll see on television or in songs, they represents positive and negative character traits. They are not rewarded for what they did, but they do get pay for what they do. The Anglo-Saxon period required men to be strong. Strength was tested in battle. These qualities certainly are not all that a hero should do, but these should out shine all others. Who better to represent these many heroic qualities than women, of faith, and courage? I admired Shawn Peterson for many years. A hero today must be strong. One must have the strength to fight over and over again. She must have faith in oneself to defeat her battles. A hero must have the patience to realize that things are worse before they get better. A hero must have determination in order to achieve goals and aspirations, in today’s society. Strength makes one stronger. Weakness is just pain leaving the body. Determination is necessary in society because a hero gets out of life what she puts in to it, and if she puts effort, she will be rewarded for her determination. A hero must be patient and secure to help others. If not patient then why help, can’t help people if oneself is going to rush the situation. Like it’s always says, “Patient is the key to contentment.”(Mohammed). My hero was born in October 1968 to Sylvia Murray and Samuel Peterson. She grew up in a big house downtown on Clemson. She attended Burke High School and graduated with a diploma. She now attends Strayer University and is becoming certified in business management. She went back to school because she is trying to get her license so she can buy her own laundry mat. She bore four beautiful children: Antonesha, Ashley, Michael, and Treayanna. She is now employed at Carolina Health Force as a phlebotomist. Her duty is to take care of ones who are in need of help. This is when her heroic duties come along. At Carolina Health Force, her duty is on the clock where she drives to her patient’s home and takes care of them for numerous hours on end. She also owns her own business for notary. She does paternity testing in the
Charleston County Detention Center. She goes out to Beaufort as well where she does her job sometimes and loves to do laundry. She enjoys helping other people especially those who are not capable of helping themselves. Her heroic qualities are most notable when she is home. Being a single mother with four children is not an easy task to take on, but she puts on the full armor of a super mom. She is patient, driven, and also she is the strength in her family. The heroes we recognize today are different from those of the Anglo Saxon time. A modern day hero like Shawn has different qualities than during the
Old English period. In the future, these modern day qualities of a hero will definitely be different. In past centuries, heroism has changed because of the different dangers faced contrary to those of the Angle Saxons. Similarly to the Anglo Saxon time, a hero is looked up to for his high virtues. In comparison to both the Anglo Saxon period and in our time, “… to achieve anything requires faith, belief in yourself, vision, hard work, determination, and dedication.”(Gail Devers).