"There are no heroes, there are men who achieve deeds of heroic
dimension" (43). Those words that Gallico said describe what a hero for me
is. To achieve deeds of heroic dimension a person need to have qualities of
heroic dimension such as self sacrifice, perseverance,and going beyond the
normal. Roberto Clemente Walker is the hero that I picked. Clemente was
born in Barrio San Anton in Carolina, Puerto Rico in August 18, 1934. He
was an African-American Puerto Rican who suffered prejudice but
overcame it successfully. He had a very difficult life but he still prevailed as
an extraordinary baseball player and as a person. Clemente is a hero with
the heroes qualities of self sacrifice, perseverance, and going beyond the
One of the most important qualities of a hero is self sacrifice and
fortunately my hero has it. Clemente's self sacrifice when helping others
was outstanding. He even died trying to help others because of an
earthquake in Nicaragua in 1972. Clemente decided to go and take them
medical supplies, clothing and food even though the weather was extremely
bad. His airplane crashed just after take off and Clemente and all the
passengers died. Another example of Clemente's self sacrifice involves his
carrer. No one gets to his level without hard work, and Clemente was not an
exception. He practiced so he could be the. He said "I want to be
remembered as a player who gave all he had to give" (4).
Another important quality of a hero is perseverance and Clemente had
a lot of it.Clemente was an African-American Puerto Rican trying to reach
the major leagues. At the time he played, there was a lot of prejudice against
African-Americans and even more against Puerto Ricans. Despite that
prejudice, Clement ignored all people critics and reach the highest level a
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