Robert Cormier’s book Heroes takes place during, and after, World War 2, and it follows the story of a character named Francis Cassavant, who joined the Army when he was too young to join, so he forged his birth certificate. But Francis didn’t join the Army because he wanted to fight the bad guys, he joined so that he would die during battle. Ever since Nicole was raped by Larry LaSalle, Francis has been suicidal. Francis is also suicidal from not having many friends too. Francis is about to jump off of a church, but he decides not to kill himself so that he won’t dishonor his family's name, and instead joins the army so that he will hopefully die during a battle.
Francis has a couple of reasons to be suicidal. One reason is that he wants to …show more content…
Francis was in the same building as them and he could have done something about it, but he just stood in the hallway listening to what was happening. “She saw me the moment I saw her. Saw her face, her eyes. Her hair disheveled, mouth flung open, lips swollen. Cheeks moist with tears. Her white blouse torn and one hand clutching the front of her blouse to hold it together” (Cormier 96). Nicole blames Francis for it and he feels guilty, so he becomes suicidal.
Francis decides one night that he is going to kill himself. On top of the church in his town, Francis looked down at the ground. “How long would it take to plunge toward the sidewalk below” (Cormier 103). Francis is actually thinking about killing himself. He decides against it, and instead decides to join the army. He hopes that he will find a way to die so that he doesn’t have to kill himself. “The next afternoon I boarded the bus to Fort Delta, in my pocket the birth certificate I had altered to change my age, and became a soldier in the United States Army” (Cormier 104). Francis really wants to die, but he doesn’t want to dishonor his family's name.
Heroes is a very dark and twisted book, for many reasons. One of the reasons it is dark was that Francis wanted to kill himself in the book ever since Nicole was raped by Larry. If Francis cared about Nicole he wouldn’t be wanting to kill himself, he would be wanting to help
Francis has a couple of reasons to be suicidal. One reason is that he wants to …show more content…
Francis was in the same building as them and he could have done something about it, but he just stood in the hallway listening to what was happening. “She saw me the moment I saw her. Saw her face, her eyes. Her hair disheveled, mouth flung open, lips swollen. Cheeks moist with tears. Her white blouse torn and one hand clutching the front of her blouse to hold it together” (Cormier 96). Nicole blames Francis for it and he feels guilty, so he becomes suicidal.
Francis decides one night that he is going to kill himself. On top of the church in his town, Francis looked down at the ground. “How long would it take to plunge toward the sidewalk below” (Cormier 103). Francis is actually thinking about killing himself. He decides against it, and instead decides to join the army. He hopes that he will find a way to die so that he doesn’t have to kill himself. “The next afternoon I boarded the bus to Fort Delta, in my pocket the birth certificate I had altered to change my age, and became a soldier in the United States Army” (Cormier 104). Francis really wants to die, but he doesn’t want to dishonor his family's name.
Heroes is a very dark and twisted book, for many reasons. One of the reasons it is dark was that Francis wanted to kill himself in the book ever since Nicole was raped by Larry. If Francis cared about Nicole he wouldn’t be wanting to kill himself, he would be wanting to help