In What Sense is Cher, the protagonist of Clueless, a Hero? Nearly every literary work has a hero, or a main character that we perceive as being the hero. From when we were all very young we have had a hero of our own and most people continue to look up to a hero well into old age despite the changing deeds and portrayals of heroes. Modern literature has come a long way since the …showed first 75 words of 1641 total…

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