How to Become a Modern Day Hero: Lessons from Atticus Finch
The changing of ideologies in a society are often slow and met with backlash. When progression requires people to abandon their preconceived notions or current stability, many will fight these changes. In these times, the charge for progression is often led by the few instead of the many.
When these movements are considered just and moral in the coming ages, the ones who lead the charge will likely be regarded as heroes. Examples of such heroes can be seen throughout history.
Martin Luther King Jr. leading the March on Washington.
Mahatma Gandhi being an inspiration to civil rights movements across the world through his nonviolent protests.
Abraham Lincoln leading the American nation through its civil war in hopes of freeing the enslaved.
Thomas Paine influencing the Thirteen Colonies to secede from the tyrannical British rule.
These individuals understood the changes many people wished to see but refused to pursue. The fortitude in their beliefs was mightier than any ramifications that might have come their way. It is one thing to imagine a society…