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I am a hero. Well,... I don't really know. You see, I died before anyone considered me to be a hero. What you know as a hero is just what you create in order to explain why someone did something great. My name is William Barret Travis. You may know me as the commander of the Alamo during the attack. I stood my ground and didn't surrender, just like from what I wrote on my Appeal, "I shall never surrender nor retreat." You see, I was the second in command until my commander left to attend family matters. That turned out to be the best thing he could have done. A few days after, the Mexico Army under control of Santa Anna appeared to take the Alamo. I had about 150 men under my control at the time. That was when I wrote my "Appeal for the Alamo". I was actually wishing for more reinforcements. When the letter got to the public, it was startling. Only a few people showed up to help. When the mexicans wanted us to surrender I answered it with a cannon. It was either Victory or Death. With our squirrelled away bushles and beef, we tryed to wait it out. We held them for a week. Every window was turned into a defence point, since the mexicans had ladders. Either a man or a cannon was at each. The mexicans finally broke through our defences and we fought. We were quickly overrun and killed. I don't think I was a hero. I led many men to their deaths. However, I was a major hero to Texas for making them part of the US. But, that was after all of what i did. i was declared a hero after I died. And I'm only considered a hero because of my commandecny of the Alamo, saving texas, and ,what, writing a letter! The other 150 or so men never got to be called heroes. Only me, to explain why I didn't flee. I did what I had to do. Victory or Death. It was the death.

My advise is to do the best at whatever you do and don't let anybody get in your way of achieving your goals.