The Hero of my book.

                         

           Ben Murcer, the protagonist of my book has many heroic traits. Ben works hard every day in order to contribute to his family; he wants to play his violin more than anything, but he understands the importance of bringing food to the table.  As a result, he sacrifices practically all of his free time to do so. This action is one reason that would lead me to call him, self sacrificing. Also, when Ben was only five, he lost his father in a logging accident.  Later, at the end of the story he endures even more treacherous hardship.  Due to these setbacks, it is clear that Ben endures separation, and even more noticeably he seems to handle these incidents in a provoking way. He takes the feelings of despair and sorrow inside of him, and builds an urge to advocate for himself, providing him with the necessary skills required to leave, (and want to leave) the landing. (The landing if you haven’t read my past posts, is the boat port where Ben does some of his work; which he anxiously wants get away from).

            Here is a image I have chosen to represent Bens heroism:

                                                          

         
           I have rechrieved this image from http://www.vanseodesign.com/web-design/inspiration-ideas/

           I chose this photo, not because of its musical relation with Ben, but to exemplify his drive for continuing his passion whenever possible: This image’s background is dark, and there is only half of one line written in the musical. I think that’s very relative to Ben’s experience; it expresses the need of finding the time to continue ones passion, regardless of your position in life; the writer in this photo is up late in the night, making sure he writes. Analogously, Ben is only able to play at dawn, so he does so, willingly.