Summary
Rosa Parks is an African American lady who refused gave up her seat to a white man and this act made her earn the title of “mother of the civil rights movement” on the American history. Actually Rosa Parks was not coming from nowhere and became a civilest or hero in one night. What she did is not an accident. Rosa Parks attended a lot of opposing racial segregation and met several old civil right activists. All of these made her have the courage to refuse to give up her seat. However, media shape her as a real heroine and made all her acts heroine. These scared us and made us believe that those goals are unachievable. What author trying to say is that we misunderstand the definition of hero.
No one was born to be a hero, and we should know what we want to be and work for it. Moreover, he tries to convince us that everyone can be hero as long as you are well prepared. Everyone has the ability to change and help our society. No doubt, Rosa Parks is an inspiration story to convince people that do not limit yourself to do anything because you might have the ability to do everything.
Reflection
The story mainly told us that no one was born to be a hero. Even if he was just a normal person, he still could create something you could not imagine. If you are willing to devote, you could be a hero as well. And Rosa Parks was a good example to support the central idea in the story.
It made me think that mother Teresa was one of examples in devoting love. Mother Teresa, a loving person, was always spreading her love to everywhere. She helped someone who was in need, abandoned babies, and Max crazy patients. Why could she do those things? Because she made up her mind already, she was willing to devote her love to those who were in need. The greatest contributions of Mother Teresa to the world were probably the way she showed her caring and mercy to the strangers. Her loving action directly taught me what unselfish love was. On the contrary, many people said that they were willing to help someone who was in need. However, they didn’t take action immediately. Maybe saying “Love others” was an easy thing for most of us. Nevertheless, if you did not practice it , “Love” was just a meaningless word. All in all, if you are willing to, you could a hero in others mind, either.
I agree with your opinion that no one was born to be a hero. In this generation, “hero” no longer means a human of distinguished courage or ability who has brave deeds and noble qualities. To become a hero is not a pie in the sky but depend on whether you have ability to achieve something that others couldn’t. No matter you are rich or poor. Everyone has qualified to be a hero.
回覆刪除Chen Shu-chu is a typical example of “everyday hero.” She is a Taiwanese woman who sells vegetables over her lifetime, but the most great thing is that she saved money what she earned to donate over NT$10 million to charity. She accumulated the money that works on 18 hours a day at a local market and lives frugally. For her amazing contributions, she donated money to local libraries and orphanages. This good conduct let lots of people understand that even though they may not be rich, their little but persistent small donations may become a great help to other people. Although she just a nobody that you can see everywhere in the street, her influence will be far-reaching.
There is no tip or rule to know how to be a “hero” and it is also a possible but not easy work. What you need to do is understand how to utilize your strength to change this world and make it better.