Byron's The Giaour

So now we are reading The Giaour which is actually quite confusing for me to read. Luckily my teacher wen through the poem step by step to explain it to me because otherwise I would have been lost beyond belief. In the end it seems that the  main in this story sticks to his guns amd goes after what he wants. The other day my teacher asked if we would consider him a hero and I say no I just consider him to be persistent and very adament which can be comended but its not really hero like in my book.