MS: A Hero

A Hero
By: Kyle Chamaillard

1) My definition of a superhero does not involve incredible strength or laser beam eyes. The hero I see is simply human. A hero is someone who can follow their dream, and no matter how many times they get knocked down, they end up just getting up again. People who can follow their dreams with determination are people I can look up to.

2) The movie I can think of that best represents my hero is Into the Wild. The main character, Chris McCandless, is a man who decides to give all of his life savings ($24,000) to charity, leave his family and friends, and live life on the road. He ends up wanting to go to Alaska, in which he hitch hikes all the way there. It was his dream to escape society. Escape all of the lies and deception that he had lived with all his life. He just wanted to be free. I look up to him in the way that he did what he wanted, and despite all the pain he went through on the journey, he didn’t stop. But in the end, he writes down a quote, as he is dying that reads “Happiness only real when shared.” He learns a lesson that everybody needs to have relationship with other humans, which is something he avoided. I look up to him, because I am also anti-society. I feel as if it is corrupt, and I want to be free of it. He followed his dream, and I hope one day, I will build up the courage to follow mine.