Anti-Heros Much Like Onions, They Have Layers

Each week my AP Language Class teacher Mr. Thomas is assigning us, his amazing students, a question/task, to which we then have to respond with a blog post.

This week’s task: Compare Ichabod Crane the anti-hero from Legend of Sleepy Hollow by Washington Irving to a modern day anti-hero.

So here we go, from one of the most iconic movies out there, Shrek is not your typical hero. He is not a knight in shiny armor and he is not there to be liked. While he is indeed the protagonist of the story he is not what most people think a hero should be. By the words of Shrek himself, “whether your parents like it or not, I am an ogre!". Hero's in general don't have flaws and if they do they overcome them as soon as they appear. Both Ichabod and Shrek have their share of flaws, from personal image to specific characteristics that makes them not liked by most people. 

Also, common characteristic between Shrek and Ichabod is the fact that they do things to please themselves not others. This is a recurring thing with Shrek through all four movies, surely not making Fiona very happy. Flash back to the first movie, the only reason Shrek went to Lords Farquaad’s kingdom of Duloc is to demand the Fairy Tale creatures to be removed from his property. Even though these creatures didn't have a home all Shrek wanted to do is to get rid of them. Similarly, Ichabod is self-center and egotistical, he very well could forget about all those around him just so he can get what he want. He very much just wanted to use Katrina only for his personal gain.

 

(and he wont stop... and he cant stop)
This just shows that he does what he wants. 

Another big similarity between both men is their lack of care of what other people think. Since in their head they are the only ones that matter, what they do or not do is just a decision, other peoples thoughts don't matter. Shrek lives in a swap and is proud of it, he brushes his teeth with bugs, takes bathes in mud and farts loudly… but hey better out than in! Right? Similarly Ichabod does things behind peoples back and has no sense of morality. He basically takes food from his students and doesn't even care if it’s right or not. In other words the devil might even have better morals and etiquette than this two.  

SO JUST REMEMBER