Heroism is “when you know you’re licked before you begin but you begin anyway and you see it through no matter what. You rarely win, but sometimes you do.” That is Atticus's definition of heroism from To Kill A Mockingbird. Heroism is many things but there are a few things that really show people heroism. Qualities like being able to show restraint and do what needs to be done, being able to control your gifts that you can use to help people instead of hurt them with it, or to be able to keep going even all the odds are stacked against you. Those are just a few qualities of heroism, now let's expand our horizons on these ideas.
One the biggest traits of heroism is being able to show restraint, because if you don’t show restraint there isn’t many things separating you from becoming a not so great person. For example if you have a gift to be a marksmen you have an unfair advantage over every living person and if you can’t show restraint things could go horribly wrong. Along with showing restraint you have to do what needs to be done because if you had given up shooting because you would loose control of something or other you still might be the only one in the room that can deal with the …show more content…
Just like the school principal that saved all of the kids that chances must have been very slim for anybodies survival but that person saved all the kids. Nobody's saying that you have to die to be a hero or show heroism but you have to be able work hard. If people think something can’t be done because it's against all odds and you still manage to do it that is still a form a heroism because you are inspiring people. Inspiring people through your own heroism inspires other people to be hero’s and on top of you doing something great and changing a few people's lives you could be changing your own life because of the things people that you inspire could