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Heroes

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A quiet man who worked at the Monument Comb factory, he was always affectionate towards Francis but moved back to Canada during the war. By tearing down the mask of heroism, the book exposes the selfishness, cowardice, and malevolence that often lies underneath. Rivier claims that there were no war heroes, only scared children, and Cormier's lack of a clear definition of heroism leaves the reader feeling just as confused and ambivalent as the characters. The building was closed and then repurposed as a community center by people hired as part of a municipal program created by the “New Deal” during the Depression.

A quiet, unassuming boy, Francis is an average kid in his hometown of Monument—neither popular nor an outcast. None of the characters were stereotypes and each character had committed good deeds and bad deeds making them neither angelic or evil. The dramatic way in which he tells a story, my training ground, my roots, gives me such appreciation that it was HIS powerful tales I had come across so long ago, and not some mediocre work that I was just happy to get through and be done with.Larry is surprised to learn that Francis knew about what he did to Nicole and shows no remorse about what happened between them. Only later in life, when my journey had come full circle and I realized I was meant to become what I enjoyed the most, a storyteller, did it occur to me how much of an impact Robert Cormier had had on me. Marie-Blanche is the murdered bride whose gruesome wedding led to the closure of Grenier’s Hall, the precursor to the Wreck Center. Throughout the book Francis's main mission is to wait for Larry LaSalle to come back to Frenchtown so he can shoot with a gun he carries in his duffel bag in revenge for LaSalle assaulting Nicole. His face was permanently disfigured, but he ultimately survived and was awarded the Silver Star medal in recognition of his bravery.

Mostly goes on about how embarrassed he is about his ruined face well for that he should have gone on embarrassing bodies instead of ranting on about through out the entire book. Since all the others have left, Larry asks Nicole to go put on “Dancing in the Dark:” the song the two had danced to often before the war.As of 2012, this novel has been studied in Wales and England by many students aged 14 to 16 as part of the GCSE English Literature syllabus under the WJEC examination board. He interacts in a positive way with the other veterans but it later becomes clear that he too is traumatized by his experience at war.

The book follows Francis, a boy who decided to go off to war after seeing his childhood hero rape his girlfirend. Before, I felt that Francis not killing Larry was a slight let down but now I realise that not every book needs a plot twist to be great. This is another one of those books which my son brought home from school, apparently it is part of his GCSE English curriculum. When he fell onto a live grenade, he was willing to sacrifice his life to save his platoon, which disfigured his face.I loved to read the book because it explains every setting or mood with great detail, that I had a vivid imagination while I was reading some parts of the book.

The most notable example, Larry LaSalle, enlisted in the Marines following the attack on Pearl Harbor. Cormier's skepticism of the possibility of "pure" heroism is best captured through Francis' interaction with a drunken veteran, Arthur Rivier. The next day, he altered his birth certificate and enlisted in the Army, hoping to die “with honor” in combat. The quotes are lovely, and sometimes heartbreaking, but all of them memorable, which is the critical thing when you need them for an exam. Francis goes to on to beat LaSalle in a table tennis competition and became well known " Table Tennis Champion.Francis is a shy kid and LaSalle helps him to develop confidence by teaching him to play table tennis, earning him a reputation as a table tennis champion. Larry joins the Marines, not in some noble effort to protect his nation and stop the atrocities that were happening in Europe but instead a lust for revenge after the attack on Pearl Harbour or as he puts it himself, not to let “the Japs get away with this. stars but as I couldn't give it that, I've given it 4 stars because it definitely leans more towards four than three on the star spectrum. Francis proves to be quite adept at the sport and eventually becomes the town's champion, and for the first time is popular and confident - he's sure enough of himself to ask out the new girl, Nicole Renard, who has just moved to town.

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