Hero+Essay-Carley09

My definition of a hero is someone that you can look up too. Its someone thats brave and that could do someting good and they can encourage you to do something good, too.


 * Paragraph 1--Intro to your 19th Century Hero **

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 * 1) **//Start with personal hero sentence-//** John brown tried to stop slavery.
 * 2) **//Explain-//** In 1859 he attempted to start a liberation movement to free salves.
 * 3) //**Name of your hero-**// John brown
 * 4) //**Summary of why they are a hero-**// Hes a hero to me because he tried to stop slavery and if it weren't for John Brown theres a possibilty that there could still be slaves today. Hes a hero because he attempted to stop slavery when nobody else did.
 * 5) //**Thesis "In this essay I will prove that X was a hero because s/he (fill in with your definition of a hero).**// - In this essay i will prove that John Brown was a hero because he is someone that i can look up to. He was brave and he did something good and that can enocourage me to do something good, too.
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 * //Paragraph 2 --Put hero's life into perspective--when did they live, where, who were they trying to help, why, how, why was this important?//**
 * 1) **//When-//** May 9, 1800 – December 2, 1859
 * 2) //**Where-**// he was born in torrington, connecticut, the family moved to ohio is 1805.
 * 3) **//Who-//** he was trying to help the slaves.
 * 4) //**Why were this actions important-**// because slavery wasnt a good thing and he was the one to stop it.
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You must prove that your person meets the criteria of your own personal definition(this is the meat of your wiki page and your submission to the My Hero website-you’re looking at a good two to three paragraphs here--focus on that spark, that moment the person decided to be heroic or do heroic acts //**  []
 * //Paragraph 3 & 4--What makes your person a hero?
 * 1) //**First action/or type of activities you are going to focus on-**// bleeding kansas was one of the major events that john brown was involved in. bleeding kansas is a series of violent events.
 * 2) //**How does it meet your definition?**// he had to be brave because he was putting his life at risk.
 * 3) //**Detail-**// because he had to be brave to be in this proxy war.
 * 4) //**Detail-**// he had to be fearless to be able to kill people who went against anti-slavery and that lead to Pottawatomie Massacre.
 * 5) //**Detail-**// John Brown had to deal with all the blood during this bloody event.
 * 6) //**What impact did the above have on people’s lives?**// It had a huge impact on peoples lives because if this had never happened then there could have been slaves and slavery.
 * 7) **//Quote-//** "These men are all talk. What we need is action - action!" -John Brown
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 * 1) //**Second action/or type of activities you are going to focus on-**// Harpers Ferry
 * 2) **//How does it meet your definition?//**
 * 3) //**Detail-**//He wanted to go to Harpers Ferry because there was a federal arsenal
 * 4) //**Detail-**// He wanted to take over the federal arsenal and the word will get out and the slaves will all come to him for weapons and they can kill the slave owners.
 * 5) //**Detail-**// He had to shoot slaveholders in Virginia.
 * 6) //**What impact did the above have on people’s lives?-** Many of John Brown's followers were captured, or worse killed during this event, which proved that slavery could not be stopped peacefully.//
 * 7) **//Quote//** “I John Brown am now quite certain that the crimes of this guilty, land: will never be purged away; but with Blood. I had as I now think: vainly flattered myself that without very much bloodshed; it might be done.”
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 * //Paragraph 5--The other side of the story//**


 * 1) //**Who would have not thought your person was not a hero?**// The southerners who were against antislavery
 * 2) **//What did they do?//** They were pro slavery and fought to keep african americans enslaved
 * 3) **//How did they try to stop your hero?//** They fought against Brown and tried to put his anti-slavery actions to an end
 * 4) //**How did you hero avoid being squished?**// He had organized plans to save the slaves and travel south along the Appalachian mountains were raids and ralleying took place

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//**Paragraph 6--What is the person's legacy? A legacy is something you leave behind that will benefit others-perhaps those yet unborn. How did the person’s actions benefit all those who came after them.This is your conclusion based on your research. It needs to reflect your research and not be an "off the street" answer.**// - Once John Brown attempted to stop slavery, it was just a chain reaction from there. People tried to stop slavery, and after awhile, slavery did stop and thats why there is no slavery today. Thanks to John Brown we don't have slavery today. Even though he didn't stop it, he still attempted and that lead to other people attempting to stop slavery.

//**Paragraph 7--What advice would they have for today’s youth for dealing with a current issue? Identify a 21st century problem. If your person was alive today what advice would they have for you on how to deal with the problem. This is your conclusion based on your research. It needs to reflect your research and not be an "off the street" answer. -**// A big 21st century problem, now, is that the economy is in really bad shape and that theres no money. If John Brown was alive today, he would probably give me the advice to go to Washington D.C. He would make me go talk to the president about it and if the president wouldn't do anything about the problem, then go to the goverment and talk them into fixing the problem.

__19th Century Hero- John Brown __ A hero is someone you can look up too. They can encourage me to do something good. The hero I chose to do is John Brown. In 1859 he attempted to start a liberation movement to free salves. He’s a hero to me because he tried to stop slavery and if it weren't for John Brown there’s a possibility that there could have still been slaves today. He, also, attempted to stop slavery when nobody else did. In this essay I will prove that John Brown was a hero because he is someone that I can look up to. He was brave and he did something good and that can encourage me to do something good, too. [] ) John Brown was born on May 9, 1800 and died on December 2, 1859. He was born in Torrington, Connecticut. Then in 1805 he and his family moved to Ohio. John Brown was trying to help the salves. He wanted to stop slavery. His actions were important because slavery is a bad thing and he was the one that attempted to stop it. []  ) [] Bleeding Kansas was one of the major events that John Brown was involved in. Bleeding Kansas is a series of violent events. He had to be brave to be in Bleeding Kansas because he was putting his life at risk. He also had to be brave to be in the proxy war. He had to be able to kill people that went against anti-slavery and that lead to Pottawatomie Massacre. The proxy war was very bloody and John Brown had to deal with that. This had a huge impact on people because if this had not happened then there could have been slaves today. John Brown said "These men are all talk. What we need is action - action!" and that’s just what happened. //[] // [] Harpers Ferry was another event John Brown took place in. He wanted to go to Harpers Ferry because there was a federal arsenal. He wanted to take over the federal arsenal so that the word will get out and the slaves will all come to him for weapons and they can kill the slave owners. He had to shoot slaveholders in Virginia. // Many of John Brown's followers were captured, or worse killed during this event, which proved that slavery could not be stopped peacefully. During this event, John said “ //I John Brown am now quite certain that the crimes of this guilty, land: will never be purged away; but with Blood. I had as I now think: vainly flattered myself that without very much bloodshed; it might be done.” [] The southerners who were against anti-slavery would ** have not thought my person was a hero. **They were pro slavery and fought to keep African Americans enslaved. They tried to stop my hero by fighting against Brown and tried to put his anti-slavery actions to an end. Brown avoided being squished by having organized plans to save the slaves and travel south along the Appalachian Mountains where raids and rallying took place. [] Once John Brown attempted to stop slavery, it was just a chain reaction from there. People tried to stop slavery, and after awhile, slavery did stop and that’s why there is no slavery today. Thanks to John Brown we don't have slavery today. Even though he didn't stop it, he still attempted and that lead to other people attempting to stop slavery. A big 21st century problem, now, is that the economy is in really bad shape and that there’s no money. If John Brown was alive today, he would probably give me the advice to go to Washington D.C. He would make me go talk to the president about it and if the president wouldn't do anything about the problem, then go to the government and talk them into fixing the problem.

