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A hero. What comes to mind when you think of a hero? I think of someone who you look up to, inspires you or never gives up. For me, that's Thomas Alva Edison. Thomas Edison a famous inventor, discovered many things in his lifetime and never gave up on something and kept trying. That's why Thomas Edison is my hero. In this essay I will prove that Thomas Edison was a hero because he is someone who I look up to, who inspired me and someone who never gave up. Thomas Alva Edison was born on February 11, 1847 in Milan Ohio. He was an inventor, famous for the incandescent light bulb, the phonograph, motion picture camera. He influenced modern life through these inventions, and helped people with them as well. Edison’s invention of the incandescent light bulb helped people in life because if we didn't have the light blub we would be in the dark. The invention of the phonograph let people listen to their records, and when the motion picture camera was invention people had more entertainment because they now had movie. The invention of the incandescent light blub is one of the many inventions by Thomas Edison. This act meets my definition of a hero because he inspired me because he never gave up, even though others tried many times and failed. In 1879 Edison invented the incandescent light bulb or the electric light blub. Edison was not the first or the only person trying to invent the electric light bulb. Many others tried and failed, gave up and went to work on something else. Knowing this, Edison still never gave up. He impacted people's lives because he showed that even a famous inventor fails many times, but never gave up trying. So why should the average person give up on something? If you have a goal, you can reach it even if you don't the first time. As Thomas Edison would say "Genius is 1 percent inspiration and 99 percent perspiration." Another one of Edison's many inventions is the invention of the phonograph. This act meets my definition of a hero because he inspired me because he never gave up and kept working on the phonograph until he invented it. This also inspired me to never give up. On November 21, 1877 Edison declared that he invented the phonograph. Then on November 29 he demonstrated it for the first time. This impacted people's lives because the phonograph allowed people to listen to their records. Joseph W. Swan is one person that might not have thought that Thomas Edison was a hero. Swan was one of the many people also working on trying to invent the incandescent light bulb. In 1850 he tried to invent the electric light by using carbonized paper filaments. Swan tried inventing the electric light bulb before Edison, but failed. Edison avoided being squished by just working, he didn't give up when he found out others were trying as well. Edison's inventions benefited all of those who came after him because they make life easier for us. If we didn't have the light bulb then we would be sitting in the dark. If we didn't have the phonograph people wouldn't have been able to listen to their records and others wouldn't have been able to invent other devices to play music. If we didn't have the first motion picture camera then we wouldn't have been able to have any movies or home videos to look back at. Edison's inventions have made our lives in the 21st century a lot more complex and entertaining then the 19th century.