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Michael Phelps Tragic Hero
Michael Phelps is known as a tragic hero because of his noble life as a common man. Michael Phelps was born in Baltimore, Maryland, on June 30, 1985. He lived in a neighborhood called Rodgers Forge. In this ordinary place, Phelps’ started swimming when he was diagnosed with ADHD and didn’t know where to use all of his stamina: “...Phelps was directed towards swimming in 1992 at the age of just seven in order to provide him with an outlet for his unbounded energy” (5). Luckily, due to this disorder, he embarked on a path that would lead him to fame. His swimming career also started because of this terrible disorder that can affect a person tremendously. Two people that Michael Phelps looked up to as a mentor were his parents named Fred and Debbie.
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