Character Analysis Of Heroes By Robert Cormier - 890 Words

How can someone be willing fall on a bomb then live, but not want to be recognized as a hero? In the book â€Å"Heroes† by Robert Cormier, the main character, Francis Cassavant, does just that. Francis Joseph Cassavant is a shy boy with a very low esteem and a hatred for himself causing him to become a suicidal character. Francis is a young boy when he believes that he is good a nothing. He is extremely shy and won’t try any new actives. But then he meets Larry LaSalle. At the rec center Larry invites Francis to try something. Francis was scared to try anything because he knew there was nothing he was good at. He had convinced himself that he wasn’t good at anything. He had no self confidence. It was pointless in Francis’s head to try†¦show more content†¦Leaning against the banister, she asked: â€Å"Why didn’t you do something? Tell him to stop. Run for help. Anything.† â€Å"I’m sorry,† I said, knowing how pitiful th ose words must sound to her† (Cormier 101). Nicole never talk to Francis again, she even moves away without any goodbye. Larry took Nicole away from Francis and hurt her. Francis just can not live with the guilt of knowing and not doing anything. After Francis has Nicole taken from him he feels like he can no longer live. It’s his fault that Nicole was taken away. He didn’t say anything or tell Larry to stop and now Nicole is gone. Francis can no longer live his life. After everything that happened with Nicole Francis knew he could live no longer. He was going to kill himself. â€Å"Saying a prayer before committing the worst sin of all: despair. I thought of St. Jude’s Cemetery and the pitiful graves set apart from the rest, the ones who had taken their own lives and could not be buried in consecrated ground. I thought of my mother and father- could I disgrace their name this way?† (Cormier 104). Francis couldn’t kill himself he didn’ t someone or something to kill him. He joined the army, he could die a hero. He went to war and fell on a bomb, he shouldve died, but he didn’t, instead he had his face blown off and he was awarded a silver medal. Francis was depressed before going to war and now heShow MoreRelatedContemporary Issues in Management Accounting211377 Words   |  846 Pagesproviding a voice of reason amidst all the consultancy excitement of seemingly new ways of costing the business world. He has played a similar role in the area of accounting standard setting, both taking forward the British tradition of the economic analysis of financial accounting and, of possibly greater significance, providing some very original analyses of the possibilities for meaningful accounting standardization. With an agenda as rich as this, it is all the more praiseworthy that Michael maintained