Essays / Louis Riel hero or villan question; He is a HERO! [4]

Hi I'm writing an essay on how Louis Riel is A hero or a villan i am taking the argument of hero and i was wondering if you can give me any tips on how i can start my essay of i was reading a statement posted by someone else and he said that i should start off speaking about how he was a villan than go into hero is that a good idea please anwser ASAP need reply by June 7th 2009 thanks bye :) and by the way the assignment is only 5 paragraphs long so not to much room