Ahero? What about a heroine? Surely it’s important to mention heroines, too?
Yes, of course, and I am certainly going to talk about heroines. But, for the purposes of this feature, hero will cover both male and female, because (as fellow grammar nerds will already be aware) in English grammar the male always embraces the female.
Bless.
So now let’s talk about heroes in fiction.
What is a hero, for a start?
A hero is the central character in a story: the person (or rabbit, or robot, or whichever kind of entity the author chooses) without whom the story could (probably) not exist.
A hero is also the character who’ll need to find something, achieve something, win something, learn something, or even destroy something – the list goes on and on – even
