1) Who is/was a hero in your mind and what was his/her role in society? (Real or historic people only please. So no Marvel or DC superheroes or FF chars.)

One of my cousins, who I still dont know the name of.

2)What attributes do you find most admirable in your hero?

He is/was in the United States Army, trying to help straighten things out in other countrys.(Atleast...Thats what I was always told)

3)Who in your life/personal experience and how have they hero impacted your life, morals or ideals?

I always found my friends to be my heros, along with my parents. They would always be there to help me and pull me through no matter what. I dont care if they got mad at me or if my friends would play stupid mind games and take my lunch money or hate me after awhile anymore. They helped me cope then and make me who I am though that. I like who I am, so...they are still a hero to me

4)Is your hero a role model for you? If so, please elaborate. If not, do you simply respect and admire your hero based on their freakish ability to excel in a chosen field?

My cousin, a hero to me still? Yeah. I think. But its hard for him to be a hero if I dont even know if hes alive anymore. Not to mention if i dont have much idea what hes doing. Who he is. I guess I need to go on believing he is my hero, even if what is said about him is a bunch of lies. I like the idea his heart is set on doing good, and that he is willing to join such things as the army to fight for what he thinks is right, his life on the line or not. I wish i could do that. I think...i could, if i needed to.


5)Are heroes necessary for society as a shining example of what one human can achieve? To show that the system actually works and produces these exceptional individuals?

Heros are necessary. They drive people to do better, be better, try harder, and want so much more out of their lives. it gives them a better sense of what is right and wroung/ good and bad in their mind. It helps people to put life into perspective and set goals and values to have a hero.

6)Does the idea of a hero still exist in our society today? how is it different from what it was in the past?

I think in the past people have a hero to help them cope. Help them make themselves better. Make them relize that what they are doing is extrordanary. They would want to be exactly like that. A hero in a war who fights for power and land and such. The thought of glory and fame would ring in peoples head I believe. Today, i think people are more intrested in "real" heros. People who are great all around. Who help others despite themselves. Who go out of their way to do good.

7)Is heroism a relative term or are the feats of your hero so grand, that they transcend all boundaries?

Im not so sure...I think in my mind it would be the later, for I come up with all these grand things my hero must have done or surly would do. All the things people tell me create this grand person. In a sense, what he is doing is amazing...But i dont know much about him, so...I cant really say.

8)Have you admired this hero all of your life? Please elaborate.

I havent admired this person all my life. My cousin i didnt know about untill I was about 10 years old. My friends...I could never concider real heros because I was picked on by them so much when we were 5 and 6 years old. I hated them, but they talked to me so I was happy. My parents I no longer think are my heros, but they are pretty close to it. As I grew up i relized some of the stuff they did was less then hero material. so, no. I havent.

9)If you could have acted on behalf on your hero in a particular situation, how might you have acted differently? Or would you have let the even play out the same way?

Erm...I would have actually talked to my cousin on the phone and screamed "Hey,im here Im here!call me more often and tell me of your life and let me know your name!"...But that wouldnt have changed anything now I dont think...Come to think of it, if i could go back now and do that, i wouldnt. I love the way my life is right now...And I dont even know about his. im not sure if this is what you ment...

10)Do you believe that there is a general heroic template, or that each individual hero's attributes are unique and independent of all other heroic people?

"Hero-A person noted for special achievement in a particular field." Everyones a hero in one way or another. the little girl that lives next door gives you a flower when you cry. Shes a hero. The man who called the animal controll on his neighbor because his neighbor was starving his animals. Hes a hero. The teenager who tells an adult about her friends cutting problume- She is a hero. The man who jumped infront of a bullet to save a man who he didnt even know-he is a hero. We are all heros in one way or another, big or small it doesnt mater. one little thing can be the diffence in your day and your life...So...Yes,i believe each individual is a hero and each is unique and independent