Anti-Hero In Fyodor Dostoevsky's Notes From Underground

What makes a hero a hero? Does a hero only have resilient, courageous, handsome, or morally upright characteristics like that of a traditional hero? According to the Oxford English Dictionary, there is hero known as the anti-hero which is described as “the opposite or reverse of a hero.” An anti-hero is an unconventional, flawed hero who does not follow the conventional values of the culture or the traditional guidelines of a hero. An anti-hero has good intentions but goes about these intentions in a bad or non-moral way. Because an anti-hero is not perfect all of the time, he or she is relatable and attractive. In Fyodor Dostoevsky’s novella Notes From Underground and Jim Uhls’s movie Fight Club, the underground man and Tyler Durden do not act as traditional heroes. However, because of the qualities they possess, the reasons they are attractive, and the way the literatures are presented, the underground man and Tyler Durden may be viewed as anti-heroes. An anti-hero possesses qualities that are very different than those of the traditional hero. An anti-hero is not a happy, perfect hero who always does the right thing; however, the anti-hero usually has virtuous intentions. The underground man from Notes From Underground is an exceptional example of an anti-hero. According to Joseph
Like the underground man, the novella Notes From Underground is a constant contradiction. The first part of this novella is told in first person and does not tell a story. The literature is a stream of consciousness. The strange character of the underground man is depicted in the strange way this novella is presented. Fight Club is also told from a first person point of view. The violence in the movie shows the evilness of Tyler Durden, but also shows the good intentions of Tyler trying to strip away the members appearances that define who they