Zusammenfassung der Ressource
Francis Cassavant
- War
- Changed his birth certificate
- "They were taking anybody with a
heartbeat those days."
- "I had always wanted to be a hero, like
Larry LaSalle and all the others."
- Silver Star
- Awarded for bravery/herosim
- "I'm not the hero he thinks I am."
- Freak accident with the grenade
- "The war is over and I have no face."
- Link to Larry - both awarded star but
both were not heroes
- Doesn't want to discuss it
- Ashamed - he wasn't really brave
- "I went to war because I wanted to die."
- Carries burden of guilt
- Uses a lot of religious language
- Thinks he should be punished for his sins
- Failing to save Nicole from Larry
- Modest? Guilty?
- Physical appearance
- Severe facial injuries from the grenade
- "My nostrils are like two small caves."
- "No ears to speak of, just bits
of dangling flesh."
- Hidden identity
- "I wear a scarf that covers the lower
part of my face."
- Doesn't want to be recognised
- Guilt? Ashamed of Silver Star?
- Wants to carry out mission to kill Larry
- Remain anonymous
- "I tilt the cap forwards so that
the visor keeps the upper part of
my face in shadow."
- Going to kill himself after the mission
- Wants to remain unknown
- Not disgracing family name
- Chooses loneliness
- Nicole Renard
- Falls in love with her as soon as he sees her
- Like a fairytale
- "I knelt there like a knight at her feet."
- Her protector
- "Like a sentry on lonely guard duty."
- Like the movies
- Sees her as an angelic being
- "Perspiration on her forehead..."
- Gave him confidence
- "She had a way of teasing that coaxed me into
forgetting my shyness."
- Balanced conversations
- His motivation for everything
- An obsession?
- "Didn't she know I'd track her down sooner or later?"
- Selfish
- Larry LaSalle
- Francis' role model
- One step ahead of him
- Knew about Silver Star
- Wreck Centre
- Developed his confidence
- Was his hero
- Hero image destroyed after
Nicole's attack
- Controlled him
- "We always did what Larry LaSalle told
us to do."
- "The subtle tender game in which Larry
LaSalle was letting me win."