Heroes are created by popular demand, sometimes out of the scantiest materials, or none at all.
Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some hire public-relations officers.
At the boy’s level, hero worship gravitates toward the doer of spectacular deeds; on the average adult level, toward the wielder of power; and in the eyes of a more critical judgment, toward idealism and moral qualities.
As you get older, it is harder to have heroes, but it is sort of necessary.
