Robert Cormier Heroes Analysis

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Francis is not a hero Francis demonstrates he is not a hero through his words, thoughts, and actions in the story Heroes by Robert Cormier. Francis is not a hero because he fails to defend Nicole. Francis heard many movement of struggle from the room and just stood there listening. As Nicole walked out of the room, crying he felt guilt and regret. He knew he did something bad and tried to make it better for himself by ending his life. For example, Francis tells the little white boy while waiting outside Nicole’s house “A kind of boogeyman who does terrible things like letting his girl get hurt and attacked, purposely avoiding even in my mind that terrible word: what had actually happened to her” (Ccormier 99).Francis knew he was bad for letting

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