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Heroes quotations – read the following and complete the table

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This document contains 20 short quotes from a novel. The quotes reflect on themes of heroism, war, guilt, identity and human nature. They describe how people perceive the narrator, memories of family and friends, the idea of places or acts being unlucky, recognizing betrayal, contemplating what makes a good or heroic death, struggling with sin, the sound of gunshots, failing to recognize someone, not blaming oneself, feeling special or finding one's identity, questioning the meaning of heroism, describing soldiers as scared kids who fought and stayed rather than running away.

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Heroes quotations Quotation Pg no. People glance at me in surprise and look away quickly or cross the street. 3 The pale purity of her face reminded me of St Therese. 9 A child’s small face appears at a window… like the ghost of the little girl Nicole once had been. 15 I saw how young they were, boys with apple cheeks, too young to shave. Like me. 22 It’s a bad luck place… a place of doom. 27 Uncle Louis… seldom spoke but I never doubted his affection. 30 Dazzled by his talent and his energy, none of us dwelt on the rumours… the air of mystery that surrounded him added to his glamour. 32 I turn away from the Wreck Centre, knowing that poor Joey Le Blanc, who died on a beach on Iwo Jima… had been right, after all. 33 This is the pause between one life and another. 35 There are lots of medals… for outstanding service but only the Silver Star is for heroism… gallantry. 37 Two games were being played… the sharp, take-no-prisoners game the hushed audience was observing and the subtle tender game in which Larry La Salle was letting me win. 47 No heroes in that scrapbook… only us, the boys of Frenchtown… We weren’t heroes. We were only there… 50 When I study myself in the mirror, I don’t see me any more but a stranger slowly taking shape. 59 I knew what they were doing – the thought streaked through my mind… 68 I recognised in her eyes now what I could not deny; betrayal. My betrayal of her. 68 Soldiers were dying with honour on battlefields… Noble deaths… The deaths of heroes. How could I die by leaping from a steeple? 74 Everybody sins, Francis. The terrible thing is that we love our sins. We love the thing that makes us evil… Does that one sin of mine wipe away all the good things? 82 The sound of a pistol shot cracks the air… almost like a ping-pong ball striking the table. 84 For one lightning moment, I don’t recognise her, failed to see Nicole Renard in the girl who just entered the room. 89 You weren’t to blame for what happened there. 90 For a while, he made me feel special. Made us all feel special… Now I’m starting to find out who I am, who I really am. 91 ‘I don’t know what a hero is any more, Nicole,’ I think of Larry La Salle and his Silver Star. And my own Silver Star, for an act of cowardice. 94 We were only there. Scared kids not born to fight and kill. Who were not only there but who stayed, did not run away, fought the good war. And never talk about it… The real heroes. 96 Maybe if I’m going to write as Nicole hopes I will, I should write about them. 97

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Heroes quotations – read the following and complete the table

  • 1. Heroes quotations Quotation Pg no. People glance at me in surprise and look away quickly or cross the street. 3 The pale purity of her face reminded me of St Therese. 9 A child’s small face appears at a window… like the ghost of the little girl Nicole once had been. 15 I saw how young they were, boys with apple cheeks, too young to shave. Like me. 22 It’s a bad luck place… a place of doom. 27 Uncle Louis… seldom spoke but I never doubted his affection. 30 Dazzled by his talent and his energy, none of us dwelt on the rumours… the air of mystery that surrounded him added to his glamour. 32 I turn away from the Wreck Centre, knowing that poor Joey Le Blanc, who died on a beach on Iwo Jima… had been right, after all. 33 This is the pause between one life and another. 35 There are lots of medals… for outstanding service but only the Silver Star is for heroism… gallantry. 37 Two games were being played… the sharp, take-no-prisoners game the hushed audience was observing and the subtle tender game in which Larry La Salle was letting me win. 47 No heroes in that scrapbook… only us, the boys of Frenchtown… We weren’t heroes. We were only there… 50 When I study myself in the mirror, I don’t see me any more but a stranger slowly taking shape. 59 I knew what they were doing – the thought streaked through my mind… 68 I recognised in her eyes now what I could not deny; betrayal. My betrayal of her. 68 Soldiers were dying with honour on battlefields… Noble deaths… The deaths of heroes. How could I die by leaping from a steeple? 74 Everybody sins, Francis. The terrible thing is that we love our sins. We love the thing that makes us evil… Does that one sin of mine wipe away all the good things? 82 The sound of a pistol shot cracks the air… almost like a ping-pong ball striking the table. 84 For one lightning moment, I don’t recognise her, failed to see Nicole Renard in the girl who just entered the room. 89 You weren’t to blame for what happened there. 90 For a while, he made me feel special. Made us all feel special… Now I’m starting to find out who I am, who I really am. 91 ‘I don’t know what a hero is any more, Nicole,’ I think of Larry La Salle and his Silver Star. And my own Silver Star, for an act of cowardice. 94 We were only there. Scared kids not born to fight and kill. Who were not only there but who stayed, did not run away, fought the good war. And never talk about it… The real heroes. 96 Maybe if I’m going to write as Nicole hopes I will, I should write about them. 97