An Outline of 'Heroes'

Nicole gets together with Francis and they gain trust in eachother. In the book this is where the story picks up. On page 76 it shows that Nicole is pretty happy. “Saturday afternoons at the Plymouth downtown became our weekly date- the word made my head spin: I was actually dating Nicole Renard.” The quote shows that Nicole is happy and fine with Francis.

“Which in the field developed into the finest thing that arose out of the war - comradeship,” (Remarque 27). Throughout the war, soldiers depend on each other to be able to live another day. Through small acts of kindness, sorrow from loss, and never leaving one behind emerges the theme of comradeship, which is clearly represented in the novel, All Quiet On The Western Front.”

As time goes on and new generations come about, many of the ideals of former generations seem to become irrelevant. Scott LaBarge, a professor of philosophy, elaborates on this idea and others in his essay. “Why Heroes Are Important” is LaBarge’s pursuit to persuade others of his idea of heroes in today’s society. He claims that many of our youth do not know what a proper hero is and that former generations should be educating them. LaBarge begins his persuasion by describing his personal experience and credibility; then, he briefly describes the history of heroes to tie in his opinion on the definition; finally, he uses Aristotle’s idea of Kairos to explain how his opinion proves true according to current events.

The topic of war is hard to imagine from the perspective of one who hasn't experienced it. Literature makes it accessible for the reader to explore the themes of war. Owen and Remarque both dipcik what war was like for one who has never gone through it. Men in both All Quiet on the Western Front and “Dulce Et Decorum” experience betrayal of youth, horrors of war and feelings of camaraderie.

When telling a story, other elements like plot, setting, characterization, symbol, similes and metaphor also play a significant role. In this excerpt, the writer showed the plot and setting of painful condition of a dying soldier, who was injured in the civil war. She uses various similes and lyrical metaphors. For example, “Every breath he draws is like a stab.” Here by using metaphor “like a stab’, she succeeded to showed the real picture of a dying soldier to her readers. Once again, she uses another simile saying, “gathering the bent head in my arms as freely as if he had been a little child”. This example conveys the picture of John as a young child rests in his mother’s lap. Regarding characterization, by implementing analogies, she displays the altruistic mindset of the brave soldier, who joined the army for her mother and for his country. For instance, when she asked him. “Do you regret coming here”, he was positive at all and replied “I didn't want the glory or the pay; I wanted the right thing done, and people kept saying the men who were in earnest ought to fight. I was in earnest, the Lord knows! but I held off as long as I could, not knowing which was my duty; mother saw the case, gave me her ring to keep me steady”. Even when he is on

Explore the ways in which Cormier presents the relationships between Francis Cassavant, Nicole Renard and Larry LaSalle The novel ‘Heroes’ is set during the 1900s in America, when war started. The writer, Robert Cormier must have been around the main character’s (Francis’s) age at the time of war. The writer has set the story in three different time frames; the present, early childhood past and the time he served in the army. Each time frame seem to have a mystery, there is always a drive for something to happen but the reason is given later on for example Francis’ reason for wanting to kill LaSalle is revealed later on, why he was at the army at such a young age and what happened to Nicole.

Robert Cormier opens Heroes with a powerful self-description of the horrendous wounds that ex-war ‘hero’ Francis suffers. This scene is confronting as it graphically details his impaired bodily functions. Cormier elucidates Francis’ physical and emotional scars upon returning to Frenchtown. The use of short sentences enhances the direct, intimate narrative voice of Francis which allows readers to feel them listening to his thoughts. Cormier provides a detailed brutal description of the protagonist, which has a great immediate impact and arouses our sympathy.

Because Francis wanted to die, while he was in the war, he jumped on top of a grenade. The grenade didn’t kill him but instead left him extremely deformed, making him hate himself even more than he already did. Francis not only blamed himself for the events leading up to this point, but he also blamed Larry LaSalle. After the war, Francis came back to Frenchtown with the mission to kill Larry for ruining his and Nicole’s life. On page 1 Francis talks about his deformity, “My name is Francis Joseph Cassavant and I have just returned to Frenchtown in Monument and the war is over and I have no face.” Francis jumped on top of a grenade thinking it would kill him while also saving the other people near it when it exploded, but it did not kill him. Francis also said, “So I offer up Our Father and Hail Mary and Glory Be for Larry LaSalle. Then I am filled with guilt and shame, knowing that I have just prayed for the man I am going to kill.” (Cormier 8) Because Francis survived the war, he had nothing left in life. He lost the girl he loved, his family had already been dead, and now he had no face. The war was his plan out of life, but it didn’t work the way he wanted it to. Since he had nothing left he had a new mission. Francis no longer had any loved ones to shame by killing himself, so his plan was to kill the man that ruined his life, then kill himself. Finally, on page 113 the

In the incredible book, All Quiet on the Western Front written by Erich Maria Remarque, the reader follows Paul Baumer, a young man who enlisted in the war. The reader goes on a journey and watches Paul and his comrades face the sheer brutality of war. In this novel, the author tries to convey the fact that war should not be glorified. Through bombardment, gunfire, and the gruesome images painted by the author, one can really understand what it would have been like to serve on the front lines in the Great War. The sheer brutality of the war can be portrayed through literary devices such as personification, similes, and metaphors.

It is obvious from the opening chapter that this novel will center on the war and the effects it has on a young group of soldiers, none of them more than twenty years of age. They are all friends and former classmates of Paul Baumer, the narrator and protagonist of the book; they have enlisted in the German infantry because their teacher, Kantorek, had painted for them a glorious picture of fighting and saving the homeland from destruction during World War I. In this first chapter, Baumer and his friends are away from the front lines, relaxing a bit after two weeks of fierce fighting. As each of the young men is introduced, it is apparent that they are tired, hungry, angry, and disillusioned over the war.

Secondly, public safety personnel. Are the hero’s? This includes fire fighter, rescue medic and police officers. The best example of all three of these public personnel, I would have to say, would have to been the event that took place on September 11, 2001. It was a clear Tuesday morning around 8:45 a.m. when two plain hit the World Trade Center in New York City. Instantly killing hundreds of people and trapping hundreds while the tower crumbed to the ground. While millions fled from the scene, millions watched the events unfolding. The hero’s in this story are the ones that ran to the tower, the rescue the ones that were trapped and help the injured.

The delusion that most war novels advocate is that a young man should be eager and enthusiastic to fight for his country’s honor. While this may temporarily be the case, “All Quiet on the Western Front” depicts young men that would like nothing more than to leave the senseless violence of war. Earlier on in the novel, Remarque raises the argument that war is utterly senseless. Paul and his company soon come to the understanding that their superiors mislead them about the truths of war, “While they continued to write and talk, we saw the wounded and dying. While they taught that duty to one’s country is the greatest thing, we already knew that death-throes are stronger” (Remarque, 13). The

James William Loewen, who is an American sociologist, historian, and author, co-authored a U.S. history textbook and won the Lillian Smith Book Award.

Remarque’s novel All Quiet on the Western Front is a classic coming of age narrative set in a treacherous environment. While Remarque may have intended for his novel to be a frank depiction of the effects of war upon young men, what he achieves is a young man’s transition into maturity, exacerbated by the dangerous setting. Throughout the work, Paul Baumer and his young friends find themselves in situations they would have encountered regardless of the presence of war. These include --but are not limited to-- exploring the dynamics of interpersonal relationships and the quintessential departing from home.

War forces young soldiers to grow up quickly. In Stephen Crane’s Civil War novel, The Red Badge of Courage, Henry Fleming is no exception. He is faced with the hard reality of war and this forces him to readjust his romantic beliefs about war. Through the novel, the reader can trace the growth and development of Henry through these four stages: (1) romanticizing war and the heroic role each soldier plays, (2) facing the realities of war, (3) lying to himself to maintain his self-importance, and (4) realistic awareness of his abilities and place in life. Through Henry’s experiences in his path to self-discovery, he is strongly affected by events that help shape his ideology of war, death,