"Man on Wire"

The documentary "Man on Wire" was a very tense, eye-opening experience.  I think that Phillipe Petit is a hero because he followed his dream.  He found something that he was exceptionally talented at and worked on it throughout his entire life.  The amount of detail and planning that he put into his dream was inspirational.  During the movie I was actually scared that he was going to die even though I knew that he wasn't because he was narrating the documentary.  The way that he went about achieving his goal wasn't conventional and was unlawful but in the end he didn't get charged with anything at all and was only in jail for a little bit of time.  To the people of New York he was a hero and was celebrated, but, overall I believe that he is a hero strictly because he achieved his life-long goal.