I believe that the positive hero is Cyrus Smith from the novel "The Mysterious Island". Cyrus Smith, an engineer by profession, a native of Massachusetts, was a first-class scientist. During the war, the United States government entrusted him with the management of railroads of particular strategic importance. Outwardly, Cyrus Smith looked like a real North American. He was a thin, bony and gaunt man of about forty-five with short-cropped hair, which was already glistening with gray; Cyrus Smith did not wear a beard, leaving only a thick mustache. His face was distinguished by its stern beauty and expressive profile, his eyes were filled with energy and seemed to burn with fire, and a smile very rarely appeared on his stern lips. In a word, it was the appearance of a real scientist, endowed with the spirit of a warrior. Cyrus Smith was one of those engineers who voluntarily, at the very beginning of their careers, handled hammer and pick, like generals who began their service as privates. That is why Cyrus Smith, endowed by nature with exceptional ingenuity and sharpness of mind, also had very skillful and dexterous hands. He was very brave and strong, I value these qualities in people.

Иванова Ульяна,

студентка I курса 101Б группы ГБПОУ ПО «Псковский медицинский колледж»