Heroes Themes Flashcards
Heroism
“Dazzling movie star smile”
“We weren’t heroes… Scared, homesick, cramps in the stomach, vomit”
” I knelt there like a knight at her feet…”
“Does that one sin of mine wipe away all the good things?”
” I could imagine him… Pumping bullets into the enemy”
“But I’m not, I turn away in disgust”
War and its brutality quotes.
“Quiet curses floating in the air, grunts hisses and farts”
“Knifelike, lethal”
“I could imagine him…pumping bullets into the enemy”
“Until I find the proper method of disposal”
” lifts his head up to the night. ‘I want to talk about the war.’ He cries”
Disguise/reality
“Two games were being played…”
“Scared, homesick, cramps in the stomach and vomit” Nothing glamorous”
“Dazzled by his talent and energy, none of us dwelt on the rumours”
“Does that one sin of mine wipe away all the good things”
” I see a stranger slowly taking shape”
Forgiveness
“Prayed for the man I am going to kill”
“To shatter his heart the way he broke Nicole’s and mine…”
“Anger flashes in her eyes.’I hurt. I hurt all over”
“Does that one sin of mine”
“Tenderness in her voice. ‘ my good Francis… My silver star hero”
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Love
“I silently pledged my love and loyalty to her forever”
“Who are you Nicole?”
“Dazzled by his talent and energy, none of us dwelt on the rumours”
“To shatter his heart the way he broke Nicole’s and mine, and how many others”
” we love the things that make us evil”
Innocence
“Like the ghost of the girl Nicole had once been”
“Her white blouse torn and one had clutching it”
“Dazzled by his talent and energy, none of us dwelt on the rumours”
“And I had not yet killed anybody”
“Shivering now as the rain begins to fall… Knowing that poor joey Leblanc had been right all along”
” the thought streaked through my mind so quickly that it could barely be acknowledged”
The American Dream
“A smile that revealed dazzling movie star teeth”
“I could imagine him…pumping bullets into the enemy”
” her white blouse torn and one hand clutching her blouse”
“Until they become cops or firemen… By this is the pause between one life and another”
“That face, that’s what’s left of it. A symbol of how great you were”
