Heroes Key Quotations
- Created by: Abi Wilson
- Created on: 15-05-13 16:28
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- Heroes - Key Quotations
- 'My name is Francis Joseph Cassavant'
- Introduces narrator in first person
- 'the war is over and I have no face'
- Surprising statement creates mystery
- Description of Francis' injuries from war
- Creates sympathy in the reader
- Makes the reader want to know why he looks this way
- 'to hide the ugliness of what used to be my face'
- Creates mystery
- Why is he trying to hide it?
- Francis believes he is ugly
- 'my face like a gargoyle'
- 'bits of dangling flesh'
- 'no face'
- 'i thought of the gun hidden away in my duffel bag and knew that my mission was about to begin'
- Why does Francis have a gun?
- What is his mission?
- Creates mystery and suspense
- Francis briefly mentions his dead family
- One of few times they are mentioned
- Why doesnt he talk about them more often?
- Wants to forget the past
- 'you're a big hero'.... 'a Silver Star hero'
- First reference to heroism in novel
- Reader wonders why Francis has been awarded a Silver Star
- 'I am not a hero, of course'
- Francis has low self-esteem
- Why doesnt he believe he is a hero?
- 'i never knew love could be so agonising'
- Ironic!
- For Francis, his love for Nicole does become agony
- Francis dreams about the war in France
- Suggests Cormiers attitude to war and what is expected of soldiers
- Contrasts with heroic descriptions we might expect
- Portrayed as dramatic and horrifying
- 'too young to shave. like me'
- All soliders are similar despite fighting for different countries
- 'the next day, the grenade blows my face away'
- Finally find out what happened to Francis
- More dramatic by being a single sentence paragraph
- Simple language
- There are many 'then and now' comparisons in the novel showing the effects of war
- 'Big Boy... is now sleek and hard with no soft edges'
- War has changed him physically
- Arthur used to be 'star first baseman'
- Now turned to drink
- 'Big Boy... is now sleek and hard with no soft edges'
- 'My name is Francis Joseph Cassavant'
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