Heroification

“The real hero is always a hero by mistake; he dreams of being an honest coward like everybody else” Umberto Eco explains just how the heroification process works. Heroification is “a degenerative process that makes people over into heroes.” (p.19) The heroification process greatly changes the real truth about historic figures, changing how people see them. James w. Loewen knew this and saw the effect heroification had on various historic figures. He also knew that …showed first 75 words of 943 total…

…showed last 75 words of 943 total…they can be written a separate novel. The whole purpose of heroification is to protect historic figures’ reputations. Loewen was right when he said that the errors “can hardly be accidental” because there is proof for things these historic figures did not mentioned in books. These historic figures were great people and did accomplish great things, but they’re not perfect. Like the old saying says, “No one is perfect... that's why pencils have erasers.”