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Heroes Context
- Setting
- Many of the flashbacks in the
novel refer to The Great
Depression which was an effect of
the Wall Street Crash of 1929.
Many families within this era were
poor and underfed
- Many of the flashbacks in the
novel refer to The Great
Depression which was an effect of
the Wall Street Crash of 1929.
Many families within this era were
poor and underfed
- What was life like?
- The United States were
brought into the Second
World War as a result of
the bombing of Pearl
Harbor by the Japanese
on December 7th, 1941.
- It was a surprise attack by the Japanese on
an important US naval base. Pearl Harbor is
on one of the islands of Hawaii, which is part
of the USA. Many US battleships and aircraft
were destroyed, and over 2,000 people were
killed.
- The attack made public
opinion in the USA switch
overnight to pro-war
patriotism. Unlike in Europe
there was no conscription,
but many Americans
volunteered to go and fight
overseas.
- The attack made public
opinion in the USA switch
overnight to pro-war
patriotism. Unlike in Europe
there was no conscription,
but many Americans
volunteered to go and fight
overseas.
- It was a surprise attack by the Japanese on
an important US naval base. Pearl Harbor is
on one of the islands of Hawaii, which is part
of the USA. Many US battleships and aircraft
were destroyed, and over 2,000 people were
killed.
- The United States were
brought into the Second
World War as a result of
the bombing of Pearl
Harbor by the Japanese
on December 7th, 1941.
- Author's Background
- Heroes was published in 1998. Robert Cormier said that
he was inspired to write the book by the 50th anniversary
celebrations of the D-Day landings of World War II, and the
desire to recognise the heroic acts of ordinary people.
- He was born and brought up in
Leominster in Massachusetts, in the
French-Canadian section of the town
called French Hill. It is this place which is
loosely fictionalised in Heroes as
Frenchtown.
- He was in his last years at high
school when the USA joined the
war – making him roughly the same
age as Francis Cassavant in the
novel. Cormier had poor eyesight
though, and so could not join the
army. He studied and worked
instead.
- Heroes was published in 1998. Robert Cormier said that
he was inspired to write the book by the 50th anniversary
celebrations of the D-Day landings of World War II, and the
desire to recognise the heroic acts of ordinary people.
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