The song of Roland is an epic about good vs. Evil. For there to be good and evil there has to be heroes and villains. In this story Roland is the young hero under the great King Charlemagne. Roland and his evil stepfather Ganelon are mortal enemies. Ganelon has Roland killed. Charles is then infuriated and comes to avenge Roland’s death. But Charles has to beat the evil Muslim army that’s lead by …showed first 75 words of 702 total…

…showed last 75 words of 702 total…land. He had no need to invade Spain and change their religion. A good king knows when to stop a war. The heroes and villains are made clear in this story. It is very clear who is good and who is evil. The tricky thing is that it is a propaganda-influenced story. So of course the Christians are the heroes if A Christian is telling the story. Propaganda can be very one sided. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Bibliography**