The phrase "a hero is a" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when defining or describing the qualities or characteristics of a hero.
Example: "In many cultures, a hero is a person who demonstrates courage and selflessness in the face of adversity."
Alternatives: "a hero represents a" or "a hero embodies a".
At the highest level, a hero is a mensch, but to qualify, one need merely be a good person.
And allowing Mr. Koubi to paint himself as a hero is a further violation of the rights of those whom he tortured.
But nowadays heroism seems to be a subjective matter and not an objective one; a hero is a man who has caught the public eye, as Tenzing has, and not one who meets an abstract standard.
The only male who rises to something close to a hero is a recurring secondary character, Skink — an ex-governor of Florida, a sort of Lawton Chiles with survivalist training, who has been so sickened by corruption and exploitation that he has become an Everglades guerrilla, leading a clandestine movement against the polluters and greed merchants.
When, for millions, a credible villain is a suicide, dead and well out of it, and a hero is a man compelled to live his drama out, the daylight view of what life is like is far less sunny, on television, anyway, than the view by night.
"The Silent Season of a Hero" is an intriguing collection of sportswriting by Gay Talese.
"I think a hero is an ordinary individual who finds strength to persevere and endure in spite of overwhelming obstacles".
His depiction of Baldwin IV as a hero is an attempt "to vindicate the politics of his own party and to blacken those of its opponents".
"I think a hero is an ordinary individual who finds the strength to persevere and endure in spite of overwhelming obstacles.
A noir hero is a moral realist.
