Can one person make a difference?

 Of course one person can make a difference. In My Sister's Keeper by Jodi Picoult, Anna is a "allogeneic donor" Which is perfect for her sister Kate when she needs leukocytes, stem cells, or bone marrow. These all help "fool" the body to thinking its healthy.When Kate ends up in the hospital, Anna ends up there right beside her because her genes match Kate's perfectly.(page.10)

I feel that Anna is definitely that one person who can make a difference on her sister, Kate's life. But she doesn't. She ends up suing her family for the right to her own body. She wants to be independent and doesnt want to always be dependent for her sister Kate. She could make a difference on Kate but she decides not too.

http://www.organdonor.gov/lifestories/lifeabrown.html

This website shows tons a real life stories who are hero's because of saving someones life by being an organ donor. One person is all it needs to save another persons life. While reading the story from Kentucky they mentioned a quote from Amelia who was sick girl who once said “The real heroes are the donor families. I look at it this way: there could have been two tragedies, but my donor family turned their tragedy into a blessing. I’m forever grateful.” Everyone who has been in this situation as found someone who has changed their life in a significante way. Amelia was scared she wasn't going to make it to the end of graduation but thanks to her donor mother, Amelia did graduate and took a full course load and summer classes and also got to be homecoming queen!

Heroism part 2

Skeeter is known as another hero in The Help. Skeeter writes journals about the maids life and started interviewing with Aiblieen. She wants to make a change society looks at "the help" known as the maids. She is a white women who doesn't believe in the myths of black people. She wants to be a journalist and starts her writing career based on what she believes and the stories she hears from the maids.

"I was raised by a color women….Everyone knows how us white people feel….But no one ever asked Mammy how she felt about it."(page. 123)

She was raised by a color women which shows thats why Skeeter is not racist at all and she's fighting for blacks to be free without racism. She was raised by a black person and they're normal people just like everyone who's white in society.

http://www.gc.maricopa.edu/English/cffall94.html

"Can heroes really be heroes if only a certain group In a society call them heroes? "

This quote is trying to ask if someone is still considered a hero if only ONE group of people think they're a hero? In my opinion I think if at least one person looks up to you then I believe you're a hero. Skeeter does't believe in racism which all the blacks want to hear. All the black maids will agree with Skeeter and what she believes in but other people such as the rest of the white society will have different beliefs and opinions. This shows that only one group of society looks up to Skeeter as a hero.

Heroism

Heroism to mean means someone who puts someone else before them self. A hero's helps make a change in someones life in a positive way. A person who looks up to someone and learns something valuable to them is a hero.

Aibileen is a hero to Mae Mobley. Aibileen puts Mae before her self. She teaches  Mae that she's a smart girl. "I say you a kind girl, and she nod, repeat it back to me" (page 107) Aibileen is there to help teach Mae about love and be confident in her self that her mother doesn't teach her or tell her. 

"..Miss Leefolt do not like changing diapers." (page 110) If you have a child then you should care for the child and take care of them. There is no reason Miss Leefolt should have someone else take care of her and look after her on responsibility. Not only is Ailbileen a hero to Mae Mobley but also to Miss Leefolt. If it wasn't for her then Miss Leefolt would have to take care of her own daughter, Mae would probably suffer because she doesn't express love and kindness towards her like Aiblieen does.


Ailbileen is trying to lead Mae not to have racists ideas as she gets older. Aibileen believes that people get taught from previous generations that they have racists beliefs, people aren't born with those beliefs, its what they have been taught by their family. If Aibileen ever got caught teaching Mae about this she could get in trouble. She is putting herself in danger but she wants to help Mae Mobley when she gets older to be independent and don't go by 'society rules'.