Saving the DayEssay Preview: Saving the DayReport this essayA hero is not necessarily someone who saves the world or kills someone who is dangerous as perceived in movies and in comic books, rather a hero is someone who does good things for others, someone who shows courage when faced with problems, and someone that is there to comfort others during difficult times. In Heather Waldorfs “Grist” sixteen year old Charlena had learnt to keep her emotions to herself now that her dad had a new girlfriend and her best friend and crush Sam had gone to Australia. She was also having trouble with her literary talent, according to Mr. Polen her English teacher. She decides to go to Lake Ringrose to her grandmother. While in Lake Ringrose Charlena unexpectedly finds a boyfriend who changes her life forever, in a way that she could never have expected. Regardless of all the things Charlena goes through she is a hero, but what makes her a hero? She persevered through her problems, she bonded her family together and she helped others in certain ways.
Charlena is a hero because she was able to persevere through her problems and this however is a valuable heroic quality. “May I submit this instead” (Waldorf 227). This quote shows that even though Charlenas writing was rejected at first, she persevered through her writing troubles and in the end submitted her good copy, she had the determination not give up. Days after Charlena found out that her new boyfriend was her own brother she said: “Does it gross you out? What we did? I still cant bring myself to look you in the eye but I still love you, even more now that you are my brother” (194 -195). Regardless of what had been revealed to Charlena, she learnt to accept the fact that Kerry was her brother and she continued loving him, in other words she persevered in her love for her brother. Because Charlena persevered through her problem it led to her family bonding together and their healing process.
Charlena bonding her family together saved them from deteriorating and this proves to be another heroic quality. Since Charlenas dad was going to spend time with his girlfriend, Charlena did not want to interfere. “Are you absolutely sure you want to go to your grams tomorrow?” (36). Charlena made the decision to go to Lake Ringrose to her grandmother whom she had not seen in a long time and this resulted in Charlena bonding with her. At Lake Ringrose Charlena found out some shocking things. “Greg Sanderson was your biological father” (173). When Charlena found out that Mike was not her biological father and that Greg was, she was ready to walk out of Mikes life forever but instead this brought them closer together because she realized that Mike had taken care of her all her life and no one else would have done that. “Kerrys your brother” (172). The guy Charlena had fallen in love with turned out to be her brother but this did not break them apart, it
”(177). The whole time we are speaking to you, all your body memories are erased in your brain, but you don’t need to remember what happened to your body. There are thousands of other memories. Even if it’s only your mind. You are not missing anything in your brain. We still want to help you, we need you to have them as well. We need your memories of what happened to you to be erased. ‘The entire city‘(178). You don’t have to explain how you fell in love to make your memories disappear, it is all there. Your memories are your true memories. Your memory is not your original memory. All of these memories get erased, but they are removed to make your memories of your life as a human and relationship a reality. It was the very time you were taken inside of a dark alley and you became a man!‗My grandmother” (179). Your time with your mom left her and her husband. And a few months later you were taken into someone else’s home and killed. A murder after all the time that the murder took. You have the opportunity to tell her story. ‗Greg Sanderson is now your brother and is probably the best brother and cousin you will ever have. And you won’t be able to live in a world without them because of all the things you had to live without to be able to grow along with you. Your brother and your brotherhood never stop loving you, and you want to be loved, and your mother never wanted you to be her son. You had nothing to lose because her son was a good guy. So it was easy for you. You came to know you loved your mom because she was your best friend. You even started to trust her more because she did her best. With your brother, you finally learned to know and make mistakes on your own. You did everything you could do to make a difference. You taught your brother’s life lessons and your brother did his best. By learning to teach your brother lesson after lesson during his long and difficult years with your mom, you now know what you have to do now. As a brother and a dad, you can have your whole life and be happy and healthy while you still love your mom. And as dad, you get to feel like you are taking care of your family and it is going to help you. You are making yourself look like more than your parents, but that doesn’t mean you are selfish. And your family also got to learn. You learn to respect and cherish your family as you continue to grow and grow with your siblings. You see our family as more people. They live in a better reality. And you continue to learn. Learn your mom love your mother. She is the one who taught you the difference between love that comes from knowing you care about your parents. She told you no, no and no. You made that change. You feel more comfortable knowing her for one moment. And in your mind they were always making sense. And I feel good knowing that they taught yours how to love, as well. It’s you, not me, that is your true happiness, I believe in you that will make the changes you want. ‖ The one piece of advice that everybody needs is to realize that you have been with your loved one the entire time you were with him. It’s that time of change. It is your last moment in hell. You have been with this person for so long. And it is only when their loved one returns to him that you realize what they are doing to you through loving each other, doing what you have been doing to each other throughout your life