Carlos’s+Hero+Essay

__The Little Mermaid__ is a story written by Hans Christian Anderson. This book isn’t like your average happy ever after princess stories you used to like when you were two. This story is about a mermaid that likes a prince, but can’t be with him because she is a mermaid. She goes to the evil witch hoping the witch can help her. The witch says that she wants the mermaid’s voice, so she cuts off the mermaid's tongue in exchange for giving the mermaid feet. In addition, the witch said if the prince married another woman, the mermaid would die.

I think that this story wasn’t my favorite, but it was ok. I prefer action stories. However, if you don’t like happy endings and you like heart breaks then you will love this story. I am going to tell you about two characters from the story now. __The Witch__: Character traits: Menacing, Evil, Tricky The witch took the mermaid's tongue and screwed the mermaid’s life up. She was evil towards the mermaid. This resulted in the mermaid’s life being ruined. In my opinion I think that this witch is truly evil. This was probably my favorite character in the stroy. __The Mermaid__: Character traits: Kind, Sacrificial, Willing The Mermaid really loved the prince but she couldn’t be with him because she was a mermaid and he was a man. She is willing to lose her tongue so she can be with him. But the evil witch screws up the deal and makes the mermaid's life end. In my opinion I think that she should have forgotten the prince and moved on in life.

All in all this story had elements that I did not care for and a few that were ok. Knowing my friends I would not recommend this story to them because they would grow bored and fall asleep.

__The Gettysburg Address__ The Gettysburg Address is one of the most important speeches in world history. The Gettysburg Address was a speech written and given by Abarham Lincoln, our 16th president. The Gettysburg Address is about a bloody battle that was fought during the Civil War in 1863. Lincoln was invited to give a speech to open the cemetery. His speech only lasted 2 minutes and had 270 words. Even though the speech was short it still had a big impact and a lot of meaning. The man who told a speech before Lincoln did went on for hours, but he didn't get to the point as fast as Lincoln. The Gettysburg Address is the second most famous speech in the United States after the speech Martin Luther King Jr. gave at the Lincoln memorial. The whole point in Lincoln's speech was that the soldiers that died at Gettysburg didn't die in vain. They died for their country. I liked this speech because it honors sacrifice and bravery. The Gettysburg Address is important because it was meant to keep a democracy together

A hero is a great person that has done many great things. A hero can range from the janitor to Albert Pujols. Anyone can be a hero they just have to do great things.

An unsung hero is a person that does many great things but does not get the credit they deserve. For instance your mom is an unsung hero. She does many awesome things such as cook for you and be your chauffeur and take you places such as school and care for you. Even though that sounds easy it really isn’t. Your mom is a hero but she isn’t on TV like other heroes such as famous people. The reason your mom isn’t on TV is because there are a lot of moms that are heroes for what they do and they do deserve to be on TV but that would be crazy if every mom was on TV so that is why unsung heroes don’t get the credit they deserve. I truly believe that my mom is enough of a hero to be on TV but sadly she isn’t. That would be awesome.

Pretty much everyone is a hero in their own way, this may sound strange but even Justin Bieber is a hero to some people. I know that’s weird but some people just are. Everybody can be a hero in their own way even if it is weird.

My heroes are my mom and dad. They are heroes because they are the best parents. My dad plays sports with me like baseball. During baseball season my dad takes me to the baseball park on sundays a practices with me. My mom cooks for me, My favorite dish she makes is pasta. Both my parents are my chauffeur. I would make a list of what they do for me but that list would take days to make and take up a ton of pages so I decided not to do that.

__The Givivng Tree By : Shel Silverstein__ The Givivng Tree is a book about a boy and a tree. The tree gives the boy anything he wants including: A trunk for a boat, branches to make a house, apples to sell for money, and shade to play in. The tree gets happy because the boy is happy, but after the boy takes advantage of the tree, the tree is sad. The tree is generous and still gives the boy whatever he wants. The boy is selfish and rude and keeps taking without givivng back. We see this relationship a lot in history. For example, the tree is the Egyptian slaves while the boy is the Pharoah. Another place we see this relationship is nature. An example of this might be the Nile river in the role of the tree and the Egyptian people in the role of the boy. This story shows us that if we keep on taking, there won't be anything left for us in the end. Shel Silverstein is saying that if we truly want to be happy we have to give more than we take.