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Heroism And Villainy In The Invisible Hero By Elizabeth Fensham

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The novel, The invisible hero by Elizabeth Fensham explores the theme of heroism and villainy. Heroism can be defined as doing a selfless act in hope of inspiring others. Villainy can be defined as an act of doing something ‘evil’ in spite of another person or group. although it is commonly known that heroes and villains are polar opposite it is much more complex because it all depends on perspective. This idea of heroism and villainy will be expressed through an analysis of the style, characters, setting and plot.

The novel, ‘The Invisible Hero’ by Elizabeth Fensham uses many stylistic features. Authors purposefully use stylistic devices to show the theme of Heroes and Villians. Some of these include the usage of Journal entries, structure and point of view. These are seen many times through out the novel to explore the theme of heroes and villains. The use of diary entries shows us sides of characters that we would not have seen if there had not been diary entries. This can be seen when Charlie tells macca Sam and Phil that he confessed t there having burn the paper bags resulting, indirectly, in Phil’s nan’s burns. If that was written in Macca’s perspective, then Charlie would have been made out as an untrustworthy backstabbing dibba dobba. In the novel if it was written from Phil’s perspective he would have been classified as almost a hero because he told the police what happened even though he would get in trouble. This challenges the way that the reader thinks(logos)

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