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HEROES, IMAGINATION OR EXISTENCE? Heroes are a product of a society’s perception of someone to be praised and adored. The definition of a hero is dependent on that society’s beliefs, laws and taboos. There are heroes for all ages, and for both men and women. Heroes have had changing roles since man wrote his story, and all have been the embodiment of each society, each civilization’s ideals. The 1990's child sick with visions of hoop dreams, is largely affected by basketball superstar, Michael Jordan. He inspires the young depraved ghetto child to rise up against his unfortunate circumstances. Nevertheless their many noteworthy qualities, all heroes possess faults because they are human and all humans possess failings, because heroes begin to fold and make mistakes as they are suddenly thrust into the awe inspired limelight, and because their pedestals are broken and disgarded as the public craves to see the dirt underneath the man. Failings in heroes are only natural, they are human and all humans possess faults. All human beings are born and die with character traits, which can be, at the most basic level, perceived as being helpful or as being harmful, depending on the character’s viewpoint.
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