Essay Archive - The Red Badge of Courage and A Farewell to Arms: The Main Characters
The Red Badge of Courage and A Farewell to Arms: The Main Characters
Many great literary novels have the protagonist, the main character
of the novel, being portrayed as the "hero". There are many different
deeds and actions that can characterize a person as a hero such as saving
someone from a burning house at the risk of one's own life. The main
distinguishing characteristic of a true hero is self-sacrifice, whether it
be scarifice of your own personal desires or ideals or sacrifice of
physical well being to help others. There are a few novels in which the
main ....
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