However, the reason he is a hero rather than just a vagrant is his compulsion for justice. Reacher cannot walk away from trouble. As Child famously wrote, "Reacher has no job, no ID, no last known address. But he has a job to do." He stumbles into conspiracies, small-town corruption, and personal vendettas, and he acts as a force of nature to set things right. He is the "knight errant" updated for the 21st century—a samurai with a toothbrush.
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