Finally someone I can consider a hero! Lizzie is the perfect hero in my opinion. She is more than just a normal person, she sticks strictly to her beliefs, and she is willing to sacrifice herself for someone she loves. She takes a great risk when she exclaims Ò ÔGood folkÉGive me much and manyÓ (303). Afraid that she will suffer the fate of Jeanie and currently Laura, she faces the goblins who are Òcat-like and rat-like,/ ratel- and wombat-like,/ Snail-paced in a hurry,/ Parrot-voiced and whistler,/ helter skelter, hurry skurry, ÉÓ (303). Lizzie allows her life to be guided by reason, but in dire circumstances, she allows love to take over. This trait is something that I wish I could model my life around. However, I respect Lizzie more as a hero than a role model because she does what I believe I could never do. I therefore see her sacrifice as something to work towards, not something that I necessarily believe attainable. I do not know if I could ever achieve such selfless love and sacrifice as Lizzie, and since she is therefore above me, she is heroic. Her ability ÒTO fetch one [sister] if one goes astray, / To lift one if one totters down, / TO strengthen whilst one standsÓ (309) is truly heroic.

Lizzie seems to live in a world much like the one set forth in the Bible, where there are constant temptations. ÒHe must increase, but I must decreaseÓ (81) in John 3:30, the Bible specifies what Lizzie exemplifies.