Look carefully at chapter 11 of Heroes and show how Robert Cormier builds suspense

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Look carefully at chapter 11 of Heroes and show how Robert Cormier builds suspense

Heroes is about Francis Cassavant, who goes to war in a suicide attempt and returns with no face on a mission to kill Larry LaSalle, who destroyed Francis’s childhood by rapping Francis’s love, Nicole Ranard.

At the beginning of chapter 11, Robert Cormier shows very clearly that the people of Frenchtown are very excited about Larry LaSalle coming home on leave from the war. He writes “a crowed gathered at Monument depot to greet his arrival”, even though it is a very “hot and humid afternoon”. This suggests that the crowed does not really care about the weather or their comfort and just to greet Larry LaSalle. As Larry gets off the train “we cheered as he stepped off the platform”. This makes Larry seem very charismatic. “Then he was among us and we surrounded him, craving him, embracing him, getting as close to him as possible”. The words “craving, embracing, getting as close as possible” imply that Larry is like a holy object that everybody wants.

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When Larry gets off the train he acts as if there is nothing different about him but the people that see him see that he is not. “That touch of Fred Astaire still in his walk”. Suggest that he is the same but as you read on you see that he is not the same person “his slenderness walk was knife like now, lethal, his features sharper, nose and cheek-bones”. The words “knife like, lethal” suggest that Larry is now a completely different person; he is now harder, stronger person like a proper army man. But he tries to ...

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There are some good observations made about character in this essay and some attempts at language analysis. What is missing is the linking of ideas and points that would demonstrate a fuller understanding of the whole text. 4 Stars