Have you ever wondered what it would be like to live without a face? Robert Cormier’s, “Heroes” tells the story of a world war 2 survivor, Francis, who gets his face torn apart in battle. An unexpected tragedy causes Francis to want to end his life, therefore he enlists in the war. Even though Francis survived, his injury and living with guilt, make his day to day life extremely difficult. Francis’s guilt, self consciousness and shame from the war cause him to want to do unthinkable things, like kill himself and others. All of these things create a darkness around himself where he isolates himself from other people in his life. Francis feels like he only made situations worse in his life. Even though he saved all those men he doesn’t believe