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Hero’s by Robert Cormier is a story of a young boy who has been in love, been hurt and been in war because of one guy. Francis, the main character, had his face disfigured in world war two. He comes back to his home town to try to find Larry, his childhood hero. Larry was believed by the town to be the best man ever to live. Francis saw him differently because of what Larry tried to do to his girlfriend. He seeks revenge for this and tries to kill him which would alter his life forever. The theme the author showed through out this book was that all problems can be solved without making big and radical moves to try to make things better.

The theme is shown in this book when Francis goes to Larry’s apartment. Francis goes there with one thing in his mind and that was to kill Larry. He gets there and finds himself remembering what thins were like back when he was younger, before everything. He remembers the wreck center, winning the ping pong championships, going to the movies with his girl friend and he remembers what Larry did to her. “I aim the gun at him, my finger on the trigger. But my hands are shaking and my caves a running and I am suddenly overwhelmed by the knowledge of what I am about to do. Why has it come to this? “. This passage shows the theme well. He realizes the effects this would have on him and starts to question it. He doesn’t kill Larry but talks to him and realizes that even though he killed people in the war he couldn’t kill this man he had to much respect or care or something for him.

People that have strong feelings for or against something sometimes join a terrorist organization. This is a decision that changes there life in a drastic way. The terrorist that bombed the world trade center made a choice to join this group knowing that they might be asked to kill themselves. The choice that they made was extreme and changed their lives, when they could have chosen a different way to go about doing things and might still be alive.

This book shows that making a choice that will change you life forever in a negative way can be avoided totally. Francis almost made one of these choices but chose an alternative route. He avoided a life where he would most likely be in prison but still got what he wanted out if it.

Finally, this book shows the reader that the choices you make in life good or bad affect you and the people around you in some way. This is important because sometimes people make choices with out thinking about the consequences. These choices may not affect them immediately but later on they will see these affects and maybe wish that they would have done something differently. This theme is important in history because all the choices someone made in the past affects us now in the present. This book was a good book I would recommend it to anyone who is learning about the basics of life.