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Flashcards by Anastasia Ampons, updated more than 1 year ago
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| The Pearl Harbor. | An Important US navel Base found on an island in Hawaii. Suffered a surprise attack from the Japanese Naval Base on the 7th of December 1941. This made the US join the Second World War. 2,000 people were killed and many US battleships and aircraft were destroyed. |
| Heroes by Robert Cormier | Heroes is set just after the end of the Second World War. The narrative moves between three time periods: 1. what happened in Frenchtown as Francis was growing up 2.the events of the war 3.the present. |
| Chapter one *Francis Cassavant returns to his hometown of Frenchtown. His face has been horribly disfigured by the war: his nose, eyebrows and teeth are gone, and his cheeks are not healing. *He wears a bandage, a white silk scarf and a baseball cap to cover his face to prevent people seeing his face and recoiling, and also as a disguise. | *He rents a room from a woman he used to run errands for who doesn’t recognise him. He goes to church and prays, including a prayer for Larry LaSalle, and reveals that he plans to kill him. *He recalls being in hospital and his friend joking he could go out with a blind girl. We learn that Francis is a decorated war hero and that he is still in love with his childhood sweetheart, Nicole Renard. |
| Chapter 2. Francis remembers meeting Nicole for the first time, in seventh grade, at school. Although he has no contact with her, she becomes friends with Marie LeCroix, a girl who lives in the same building as Francis. He is too shy to talk to her but enjoys seeing her come and go. | The talk about his childhood crush leads Francis to talk about his past and childhood in Frenchtown. |
| Chapter 3. *Francis walks around Frenchtown, and visits Nicole’s old house. *He knows she and her family are gone, because a fellow soldier told him during the war. *When he goes to the house, the woman living there(Mrs Belander) has no idea where the Renards have gone. | *That night, he dreams of the war, and of when he killed two German soldiers, the day before a grenade ruined his face. *The chapter finishes with his new ‘mission’: to get LaSalle when he returns to Frenchtown. |
| Chapter 4. Francis meets Arthur Rivier who buys him a drink, and he describes the conversation with the local men, who reminisce about their school days.None of them recognises him. | He talks very little, wanting to glean information about Larry LaSalle. At the end of the conversation he heads for the Wreck Center, despite having told himself that he will not go there. |
| Chapter 5. Francis describes the Wreck Centre which is now boarded up and run down. "This had been a town hall until a bride and groom were machine gunned at their wedding reception – then it became a ‘bad luck place’". This was before Larry LaSalle started activities for the local children there. The flattering description of Larry comes as a surprise and wrong-foots the reader, as we know Francis’ intention of killing him. Further surprises come- Larry, it transpires was an inspirational figure to the children and helped to bring out the best in each individual. | Note however the foreshadowing- there are rumors that Larry has “gotten into trouble in New York City”. This raises questions in the mind of the reader as to his past. Back in the present, Francis recalls that Joey LeBlanc felt a sense of doom about the place, and that he died n the war. He now feels that Joey was right about the place- again creating suspense and raising questions in the mind of the reader. Francis spent most of his free time there since Nicole joined the dance classes. |
| Chapter 6. Francis has now been in his hometown for a month and he watches for Larry. He asks about him in the bar he frequents, and we learn of Larry’s heroism during the war and the medal he was awarded for bravery. | The concept of heroes is further explored as Arthur declares Francis a hero for his actions in the war Arthur recognises Francis but accepts his wish to remain anonymous to the others.The themes of disguise and appearance and reality are explored- Francis wishes his identity to remain secret while Larry’s actions have made headlines. |
| Chapter 7 In a flashback, Francis recalls Larry’s encouragement of his ability as a table tennis player at The Wreck Centre,Larry allows Francis to win a competition in a totally selfless act, and tells him that he and Nicole are “special“ to him. | Nicole wishes Francis good luck at the table tennis tournament and when he wins she invites him to a party she's throwing after the musical the next day but the next day Pearl Harbor is attacked causing the mood of the town to change. |
| Chapter 8. Francis finds Arthur drunk; he comments that no one will talk about the war. The theme of heroism continues as Arthur states that there were no heroes in the war just scared, homesick boys. The cold weather mirrors the somber mood of this short chapter. | Arthur says that none of them were heroes. They were just boys: homesick and scared. “Nothing glamorous, like the write-ups in the papers or the newsreels. We weren’t heroes. We were only there…” |
| Chapter 9. Again in the past, Francis describes that Larry was one of the first men to enlist in the war. This again creates conflict in the reader’s mind as Larry is once again described in glowing terms. Thus the theme of appearance and reality is touched upon once again.With Larry gone the Wreck Centre is closed and preparations for the war are stepped up. | LaSalle makes the news when he captures an enemy machine gun nest and saves his entire platoon; he gets a Silver Star and is Frenchtown’s first big hero. Francis becomes closer to Nicole as the townspeople discuss the war’s progress. Nicole tells Francis of Larry’s heroic actions; in contrast to Francis’ later hiding of his face, Larry’s stares out at them from a cinema screen on a newsreel. |
| Chapter 10. Francis describes how he came to hide his face, after realising the horror it caused those who saw it. "on a trip to London his wounds made a small boy cry". He doesn't care about healing as he burns the addresses of the doctor and his friend for treatment. | He only cares about finding and killing LaSalle .Touching on the theme of Appearance and Reality, Francis stars into the mirror and sees only a stranger. This symbolises the changes in him owing to the war, and furthers the theme of War’s Consequences.This theme is further explored as we learn of Enrico’s decision to commit suicide as a result of his appalling injuries. Francis creates suspense by commenting that Larry’s homecoming “changed our lives for ever.” |
| Chapter 11 He remembers LaSalle’s homecoming in 1943.As Francis reminisces, Larry is described in a heroic manner as he comes home for his first leave. He wishes to spend time with his “Wreck Centre gang”, and he plays table tennis with them. | When only LaSalle, Francis and Nicole are left, LaSalle tells Francis to go. Nicole says he should stay, but he does what LaSalle tells him. He leaves them dancing in the dark but does not leave the building. He hears noises but doesn't go in to check but then realises that Nicole was being sexually assaulted. Nicole comes running out and sees Francis feeling betrayed that he didn't do anything. |
| Chapter 12. While still narrating in the past, Francis goes to see Nicole after 3 days of her rape but seeing him she is disgusted so Francis decides to commit suicide by jumping off church steeple but cant due to the amount of soldiers around. | He decides to change his date of birth on his birth certificate and join the army. *Note how the concept of heroes is referred to increasingly often. The themes of Love and Hate and Guilt are touched upon. |
| Chapter 13. Francis is finally able to know where LaSelle is by eavesdropping on a conversation between Mrs. Belander and her neighbor. | |
| Chapter 14. Back to the Present Francis finds Larry and confronts him. Larry is initially pleased to see him, and they discuss the idea of heroes. Francis dismissed the idea of himself as a hero as ‘fake’, and quickly confronts Larry with his actions against Nicole. Larry attempts to explain his actions, but Francis (and the reader) find his explanation repugnant. The idea of heroes takes on a different slant as we are reminded that Larry was not just a war hero, but also the children’s hero. | Larry wipes out any chance to redeem his heroic status by remaining unrepentant – he thinks that his many good points outweigh his sickening actions: “Does that one sin of mine wipe away all the good things?” Francis does not kill Larry, who tries to assure him that he is indeed a hero. It seems pointless, when Larry frequently contemplates suicide. |
| Chapter 15. Still in the present, Francis attempts to visit Nicole, however Her family had moved from the Town a long time ago.He goes to the Convent to try and get her address. | There he lies to a nun about how he got his injuries but the nun gives him the address. He plans to go see Nicole then kill himself. |
| Chapter 16. Francis finds Nicole and again lies about how he got the injuries. She apologies for blaming him about the rape and making him feel guilty. He tells her LaSelle is dead. | Nicole is badly damaged from the rape but has not told anyone. She calls him a hero but again he denies it. She urges him to write about his experience in the war. He still loves her and though Nicole still feels affectionate towards him she doesn't want to see him again. They part ways. |
| Chapter 17. Francis goes to the railway station. While there, he thinks about all those scared kids that run off to the war. He calls those who received no honor the real 'heroes'. | He considers writing about them and finding the number of the doctor that can reconstruct his face so he can have a better future. He's seen climbing on a train as the book ends. |
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