Who is your hero?

[Guest kuroinuyoukai]

Who is your personal hero? Explain why.

My personal hero is my mom.My dad was an alcoholic and my parents divorced when I was two. My dad was a deadbeat dad. He didn't call,write or visit. He fled the state so he wouldn't have to pay child support. Anyway my mom worked 12-14 hours a day usually seven days a week just to support our family of three. When my dad was in the hospital dying-she was kind enough to overlook her hurt feelings and take my brother and I to the hospital to see him.And when he died she stepped in and took us to the funeral.

When I was seventeen, I tried to kill myself and my mother admitted me to a mental hospital for severe depression. My mom came to visit every weekend even though I had done some mean things to her before I went. She let me come home even though i hated her for institutionalizing me at the time.

When I moved out away from my evil friend four years ago-even though our relationship was rocky,she let me move back home. She has supported me for my whole life and I just now realize that. That's why my mom is my hero. Without her, I would be dead in a gutter somewhere! Yea for Mom! :catgirl:

[final_warrior05]

Two of my personal heroes would have to be some buddies of mine named Russel and Tabb. He and his now wife got pregnant at a very young age and despite his fathers wishes he married his now wife and together they began to support one another and work thier way through school. They now have four wonderful kids and are married happily. They are some of my personal heroes because they have broken through the majority of people that do not take responsibility and did what was right. No two people do I know are as good of persons as they are. :D

[Outlaw]

My own personal hero has got to be my father. I have never known any man the seize life the way he does. If he isn't working, he's spending time with his family or his hobbies. I honestly can't explain how much I love and respect the man. He works, he fishes, he flies, he loves....there's really not much more I can say.

[Mitch]

Chuck Paulahniuk.

He wrote Fight Club, one of the most amazing novels I've ever read, as well as Choke, which is another one of the most amazing novels I've ever read.

He has a cult following. His writing, in essence, is heavily satirical and finds the problems within our world today and highlights them. He writes mostly how he wants to, despite critics' badgerings. He's like the William Faulkner of my generation.

Sad thing is, the written word is becoming lesser and lesser cared for, as mediums like movies and games take the forefront. It's sad to think some day that it will be a forgotten art, maybe. But I know it's alive in me now and forever.

A lot of my generation doesn't even know who Chuck is. . .he has only a cult following. Some haven't even seen the movie adaptation of his novel. This also makes me sad. My generation seems like a deadbeat, alcohol-riddled, do-nothing type of generation. I hope that changes. I want my generation and I to shake and rumble the Earth and change the course of humankind.

I reach too high but grasp the stars.

[IceRose]

My personal heroine is my grandmother Angela. I mean, her mother forced her to marry this dude(my grandfather) and still she made the most out of her life, after my grandfather died, his children from his previous marriage took all the money and stuff, so my grandmother had to raise 9 children on her own, she moved to the city, worked her butt off for years and all my uncles and aunts are professionals. She is a true inspiration, too bad I didn't get the time to meet her.

[wayofthreversed]

Hmm I would say that my dad would be my hero manly because of all of the things that he knows how to do. I know that this sounds childish or something but he can fix anything and can't be made angry easily. I know that those are not as strong a reason as some of you and your choices but he is my only non-fictional hero.

[Stark]

I have to say Anne Rice. Yes another reader in the house (Yea for Chuck Palahniuk!), and I'm not ashamed. I find that I don't have many people to look up to in my life, so I choose an author.

Another writer with a huge cult following, but I find that her characters, while for the most part being vampires, are more human that a lot of people anymore. Lestat, for instance, is a fully fleshed, vibrant character who proves that even a monster is allowed to seek redemption.

Her books tend to question the very essence of humanity, what does it truely mean to be a person who does anything in the world? And her characters set a model for how a person could be if they tried.

I have to admire a woman who can write like she can. You just don't see that kind of skill in most of the books you find in stores.

[Guest Heero yuy]

My step dad...

he taught me all I know, my morals, my principles and everything else.
My biological father was or is a bad man still, and I know I wouldn't be the person I am, if I was still with him.

Plus, my step dads in the Marines, and believes in protecting everyone, no matter...race, preference and etc.

[2010DigitalBoy]

I would say my dad, but thats a bit cliche...

I'd have to say Shiguero Miamoto, creator of Zelda, mario, and many others. He still stands as an innovative game disigner who makes quirky, weird games despite the common bashing of quirky games, and he is loved for it.

i guess I also have to pick my dad, pretty much for the same reasons Outlaw said. I also love that he improves from his mistakes. "Live and Learn" as I say.

[XxmoraiNAKIxX]

hmmm. personal hero ay? well... I ahve no heros in my family wut so ever cuz they're all messed up. all i trust is God. that's all basically.

[TheShinje]

[size=1][color=crimson] My hero would most certainly be Jesus. Who else?

Jesus is God in the flesh, God who decided that he would take on our sins and flaws so that if we call upon his name, we can be pure again. He came to destroy sin, and put Satan in his place.

The sad thing is, many followers of Jesus have made fuddled rules and kept many things exclusive to them. The real message is come to Jesus with an open and repentant heart and be saved, man has twisted that into "do this, do that, and then be saved."

Because of that, many people have turned away from Christ's offer. But, no matter how far you turn away from that, he's always there to welcome you back the second you decide to follow him. one of the most blessed people in the3 bible is the prodigal son.

That's why Jesus is my hero. He's awesome. [/size][/color]

[Gavin]

[SIZE=1]Interesting, most interesting.

It's strange, but up until now I've never really thought about who my actual hero is, you know you have heroes for entire peoples like say John Paul II for Catholics or Michael Collins for the Irish but usually most people's own heroes are members of their own family or friends.

Thinking about it, there's really only one man who deserves the title of being my personal hero, and that falls to my deceased granduncle Anton Griffin. Anton is, or rather was my mother's uncle and he played a major part in her life, taking the place of my mother's father who had split amicably or so I'm told from my grandmother when my mother was still only a little girl. He had a huge heart and was always prepared to give my mother whatever she needed when she was growing up, despite the fact that like myself he would complain before he did it.

When I was growing up I never really had anyone of my own age who I could have intelligent discussions with, or talk about documentaries I'd seen or history or anything that was interesting to me. However with Anton I found I could always talk about those things, and despite the fact he could be very caustic and hurtful at times, I enjoyed his company immensely. He would phone me and tell me when interesting documentaries would be on and then we?d talk about it when we next spoke, I found him to be one of the few people I could speak to without feeling like I was talking down to them.

I suppose in a nutshell he could be a grouchy, miserable and downright tactless man at times, but in the end he was a very kind and generous man with his time, his mind and money, a man who would give you ?the bit out of his mouth? to quote my grandmother. Before he died last year, he told my father that as much as he enjoyed his company, he and I were on the same wavelength, and although it doesn?t sound like much it means the world to me that he thought that. [/SIZE]