It may not be easy to answer this straight away, so don't expect to become a hero of conscience overnight.
Jordan, congratulated by the police and investigated by child protective services, has become a hero to angry parents of disrespectful teens everywhere.
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By the time he took to Bosnia's battlefields, he had become a hero to many Serbs, seen as a defender of their dwindling fortunes.
It is a peculiarity of the current political moment that a politician with a history of pushing sectarian religious beliefs in government has become a hero to a libertarian movement.
In the south of Cornwall Tim Smit, another entrepreneur, has become a local hero.
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The Brazilian shot-stopper has become a cult hero at Ashton Gate, keeping 15 clean sheets so far this season.
Surgeons have removed a bullet from Malala's head and she has become a national hero amid global condemnation of the attempt on her life.
Either way a young pitcher will likely become a postseason hero.
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The cyclist known as Wiggo, whose long sideburns have led the British public to dub him a "Mod, " has risen rapidly to become a national hero.
Chinese officials say that is because the final choice on who will ride the rocket and thereby become a national hero to 1.3 billion people still has not been made.
Mr Bove, who has become a folk hero in France for his crusade against globalisation, told the court that the attack was aimed at highlighting the injustices of the world trading system.
Mr Golborne, a former manager at a retail company who spent weeks at the mine overseeing the operation, has become a national hero, prompting speculation that he may run for president in 2014.
Maybe Fisher will become a local hero.
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That is because Mr Bucaram's supporters are alleged to have been behind an attack last month on Hernan Dario Gomez, a Colombian coach who has become a national hero in Ecuador by taking its lowly team to the brink of an unprecedented place in the World Cup finals.
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"Mossadeq unexpectedly has become more of a hero for the younger generation as well, " Bakhash said, with memories carried on in families and lessons taught in universities.
Soon after the re-start the France pack drove the seven-man Namibia pack back over their own line to hand a push-over try to Bonnaire before Chabal, who has become a French folk hero in recent months, exploded into life.
Environmentally, Europe will become a "green" hero--because lower economic growth means a natural reduction in energy consumption and dreaded greenhouse gas emissions.
This was a much-admired national hero whose name has become a household word.
Here we have a young man who may well become a bit of a cult figure, or a hero.
The cog-eye has become a symbol of Burgess's sinister anti-hero Alex DeLarge, a man with an insatiable appetite for violence.
Among them, my own hero, the doctor Edward Wilson, whose dreams did not become a graveyard leave a blazing trail and legacy of science to inspire future generations.
Hero worship has become unfashionable except for pop stars, but Charles gets a mention in scientific journals for his work on the artificial heart.
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