"It wasn't his fault. They were going through a four-way stop, and someone just ran it and hit them. A drunk. It tore Eli up, big-time. It was like Abe tooke some part of him when he went, you know? He's never been the same." (Sarah Dessen, Along for the Ride, pg.144)
The character in my book, Eli, has many heroic qualities. In the beginning, his best friend Abe was killed in a car accident when a driver ran a four-way stop and Eli was driving. He had always blamed himself. He gave up everything he loved to do because he felt like he didnt derseve doing them. In the summer, it all changed when Eli met Auden and she convinced him that it wasnt his fault and he slowly overcame the guilt and blame he had been carrying with him.
I believe a hero is someone that has endured hardships and overcomes them no matter the tole they take on them. I believe that Eli is a perfect example of that.
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