This profile of Mister Rogers by Tom Junod paints Mister Rogers as a hero. First off, he starts off the profile and many paragraphs within it with once upon a time. A commonly used phrase to start off a fairytale or a classic epic. Using it this way makes it seem like Mister Rogers is one of those heroes in ancient stories. That's what it feels like the whole profile is aiming to do,to immortalize him as a hero.
The paragraph that epitomizes this the most is the one that starts with he was barely more than a boy. It speaks of young Mister Rogers battle with the television medium. His parents brought him a television and he turned it on. The first thing he sees is people throwing pies at each other. Ever since then he dedicated his life so that medium can be used for,"Broadcasting grace through the land."
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