The 6th president of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelensky, spoke live via a video link to the European Union Parliament on Tuesday. You could hear explosions in the background. Once again, the embattled Zelensky showed the world that he is a modern-day hero. And he assured them that “This is the price of freedom.”
The dictionary definition of a hero is “a person who is admired or idealized for courage, outstanding achievements, or noble qualities… a war hero.”
We see heroes on Netflix and Disney all the time. We know the back story of the superheroes of fiction. Masked and costumed creations like Superman, Wonder Woman, Captain Marvel, Black Widow, Gamora, Batman, and Spiderman capture our hearts.
There are universes of superheroes. And they are standing up to “evil” all the time. New and more complex warriors appear on our screens, in comics, and in graphic novels every day.
But the hero club can be hard to join. Most of us are “sidekicks”. And none of us have superpowers or magic to help us out of a bad situation.
