HEROES BY ROBERT CORMIER

Left now without a face or future, yet sustained by his deep sense of shame, Francis watches. He thinks of the gun in his duffel bag and waits, alone, for the return of another supposed hero.

HEROESBYROBERT CORMIER

Heroism & CowardiceIdentity & AnonymityGood & EvilGuilt & ForgivenessLove & WarTruth & Lies

Themes throughout the novel:

Robert Cormier

• Robert Cormier was born on the 17th of January 1925 and sadly passed away on the 2nd of November 2000.

• He has always lived in Leominster, Massachusetts.

• He was known as an author, columnist and a reporter.

Robert Cormier Continued…

• He grew up in a French-Canadian town call French Hill.

• He published his first short story at the age of nineteen.

• He became a full-time writer after he successfully published his first novel The Chocolate War. It was published in the UK in 1975.

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