Is Jason Taylor a Hero?

Jason Taylor can be considered a hero in the book "Black Swan Green" for many reasons and interactions he has been apart of. A hero is a selfless, caring, and helpful person who tries to help people when they want help, not when they need it. Throughout the book Jason has shown countless ways of his heroism, such as the point where he breaks neil's calculater just to get the deans attention to "grass" oh him and the other bullies helping all the kids who can't fend for themselves. Another example of Jason's heroism is when he tried helping the gypsies, Jason was on of the only people who would hear them out and try to understand them as he did this he would also fend for them saying they arent as bad as people say they are.