How do we define the personality traits of a hero?

•Brave

•Strong

•Honest

•Never going to give up

•Worried about others instead of himself

•Will drop everything he is doing to help everyone else out

How do we see today's heroes compared to heroes that were around in the past?

•Heroes from the past and today's heroes have a lot in common

•They are all brave

•Strong both mentally and physically

How does a hero reflect his/her particular culture and society?

•Fighting a rare brain tumor

•Bringing people together (Aunt Michelle, Devon's mom)

How does a hero represent his/her time period and geographical area?

•A hero will never die, Even after they are physically gone their soul lives on forever.

•They see their heroes as leaders

•They do everything that they can for that hero

How do various cultures reward or recognize their heroes?

How did my heroes childhood affect his view on everything?

•It made him realize that you have to give everything you can to do something that you want. (Devon)

•Don’t take anything for Granit, you will never know when you wont be able to do it (Devon)

How has the illness affected his personal life?

•He can not ride his bike

•Hard for him to walk

•Affected his speech (Aunt Michelle, Devon's mom)

What is the illness?

•diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma, or DIPG

•rare form of cancer that affects the pones or middle section of the brainstem (mednar)

What my hero thinks about the situation?

•He just wants to get better

•Doing everything he can to be better not only for himself but everyone around him as well. (Devon)

What is my hero doing to get better?

•physical therapy

• radiation (Aunt Michelle, Devon's mom)