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Jasmine Rodríguez

Mía Baldwin-Tijerina

Language Arts.

November 2, 2011

Selena Gomez

            How can one person be a hero to so many people? Celebrities have so many people who admire and honor them, and they use that to bring awareness of people in need. Selena Gomez is a hero because she helps charities, is a positive role model, and inspires people

The first reason Selena Gomez is considered a hero is because she helps charities. According to the article Selena Gomez Wants to raise $1Million for UNICEF by Ashley Parker, “Gomez witnessed the conditions so many [people] live with everyday, ranging from unclean water to preventable diseases.”  Selena Gomez is making an effort to help children while she is dealing with her acting and singing career. Obviously she is very down to earth and doesn’t help for fame; she does it because she wants to help people who don’t have good living conditions.

For many people, Selena Gomez is a positive role model. Selena Gomez has many fans that are very young and teenagers also. According to the article Selena Gomez Fans call her ‘Role Model’ material by Kara Warner, “[S]he helps people, she does everything”. This is trying to say that she does a lot for others, besides herself. And because many kids want to be like her, they do what she does. So when she does good things for the community, little kids and teenager

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Try to do the same. Also, she deals with many things in her life, but she handles it in a way that it doesn’t affect her fans in a bad way.

            Finally, she is a hero because she inspires people. Her music inspires people all over the world.. Many people are inspired to be like her. Her magic moment, an article in Teen Vogue states that, “her fans […] “always come first””. That is very kind of her because she isn’t being selfish. Also, the lyrics to her songs are very inspirational, “Who says, who says you’re not perfect?” .The meaning of the song ‘Who Says?’ is basically to be yourself. Everyone in unique in their own way; don’t let anyone tell you you’re not

As a result of Selena Gomez helping charities, being a positive role model, and being an inspiration towards others; she has become a hero in the eyes of many people. Selena Gomez is very talented and she shares her talent in a positive way.

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Works Cited

Parker, Ashley. “Selena Gomez wants to raise $1 million for UNICEF”. October 2009.Web

Warner, Kara. “Selena Gomez fans call her ‘Role Model’ Material”. June 2011. Web

Waterman, Lauren. Her Magic Moment. New York. Advance Magazine Publisher Inc.2011.

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