Placing the definition of "hero", into a narrow context and being able to say with confidence whether a person is or is not a hero has always been a problem. There are numerous ways to define hero, some people would call superman, or anyone with supernatural powers a hero. Hero is commonly defined as a person who can defy gravity and save the world, the dictionary calls a hero "a being of great strength and …showed first 75 words of 744 total…

…showed last 75 words of 744 total…event that befalls them. Mahatma Gandhi did not have super powers, and he did not pummel the bad guys into repentance for terrorizing cities, he didn't fly around with a cape, and he was not the son of a god, or born of nobility. But Mahatma Gandhi is a true hero. "Generations to come will scarcely not believe that such a man as this ever in flesh and blood walked upon this earth." -Albert Einstein