Zusammenfassung der Ressource
Francis
- Returned to Frenchtown at 18 after
enlisting himself in WW2 3 years before.
- He wears a bandage, a scarf and a
basketball cap to hide what is left of his face,
keeping himself as anonymous as he can.
- Leapt on a grenade and saved
the rest of his platoon, he
earned a silver star by doing
this.
- His face was blown away, this
gives the impression that Francis
was a hero above all others as he
was at a young age and still saved
others.
- People who knew him at the time
thought he was a hero too.
- It is after his return to Frenchtown that the
real purpose of him going to war becomes
clear.
- After an incident with another supposed hero
and Francis' girlfriend at that time (Nicole
Renard) Francis contemplates suicide...
- By throwing himself from the church's steeple but
then changes his mind because of his strict
catholic religion and the thoughts of his parents...
- response to him committing suicide.
- His face is badly burned and there is little left of his features.
- His face is badly burned and there is little left of his features.
- Francis suffers from a very poor self-image. In his
childhood he was very shy and a bit of a loner.
- He didn’t have a best friend and couldn’t
integrate himself into any of the gangs of
Frenchtown. He was also too shy to speak to
Nicole for many year
- Francis is a man with a
mission. He wants to kill his
childhood hero, Larry
LaSalle.
- It eventually transpires that Larry
sexually abused Francis’ girlfriend,
Nicole, and at the time he felt powerless
to stand up to him.
- Ever since, he has felt
responsible for what happened
to Nicole.
- Initially he was so guilty and despondent that he
contemplated suicide, but he chose to join the army
instead hoping that he would be killed.
- Having survived the war he has decides to live long
enough to exact revenge after which he plans to kill
himself.