Roberto Clemente

A detailed Summary of Roberto Clemente

"There are no heroes, there are men who achieve deeds of heroic

dimension" (43). Those words that Gallico said describe what a hero for me

is. To achieve deeds of heroic dimension a person need to have qualities of

heroic dimension such as self sacrifice, perseverance,and going beyond the

normal. Roberto Clemente Walker is the hero that I picked. Clemente was

born in Barrio San Anton in Carolina, Puerto Rico in August 18, 1934. He

was an African-American Puerto Rican who suffered prejudice but

overcame it successfully. He had a very difficult life but he still prevailed as

an extraordinary baseball player and as a person. Clemente is a hero with

the heroes qualities of self sacrifice, perseverance, and going beyond the

One of the most important qualities of a hero is self sacrifice and

carrer. No one gets to his level without hard work, and Clemente was not an

African-Americans and even more against Puerto Ricans. Despite that

strong impact all over the world. He impacted the people because no one in

him to continued his career and to reach all the records he reached. Clemente

prejudice, Clement ignored all people critics and reach the highest level a

medical supplies, clothing and food even though the weather was extremely

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