The Differences And Characters Of Little Bao Vs. Vibiana

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Since we were young we all have heard and learned from our parents and grandparents that every story, including a fiction or non-fiction story, has a hero and heroine. The hero is usually a male who always fights against the evil villains and tries to conquer him. While the heroine is a female who supports the hero and helps him achieve his goals by sticking to his side while still having her own personal goal, which she is trying to obtain throughout the story. The hero and heroine tend to be the main character of the story whose jobs are to handle every situation intelligently and confidently. The outcome of the situations created by the hero and heroine are beneficial for all because they mostly do what is right for
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One main difference in both is Vibiana is the real heroine comparable to Little Bao because she stuck to her goal until the end also she die with it visual cues for this in “Saints” Pg. (161: 3) third plane. It shows that even Little Bao offer Vibiana her life by renounces her faith and saving her life, but as a strong heroine she refused to go. However, Little Bao betrayed his religion and the Righteous and Harmonious society because he pretended to be the devil (Christian) to save his life, which shows us that he is not a real hero and visual cues for this in “Saints” Pg. (168: 1). Image shows that Little Bao has got scared of death and the only way he found to save his life is to pretend himself as Christian. So when foreign devil came to him, he started doing prayer as Vibiana did before her death by closing eyes and raising her both hand up to makes them think that he is a Christian so they did not take his life. Also this image tells that Bao is a coward and betrayed so he don’t deserve to be …show more content…
They are similar because most of their goals and situations are similar and they are different because their ways to reach the goal are different. Also, if we look over all the evidence and example it proves and shows that Vibiana is more righteous compared to little Bao because she never ran from her goals unlike Little Bao who lied to save his life. According to me, Vibiana is a real heroine because she did every thing that a real heroine or hero should do for their

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