Anti Heroes

             So this is my first blog post. I lterally wrote this on a piece of paper before I typed it up. I guess I'm the only the only 90's baby that isn't a technology person. Last semester my friend said her Iphone was being slow or freexing up or something. I asked her why didn't she take the battery out and put it back in (I got my frist smart phone over winter break.)But anyways, maybe in the future I'll be able to just type without having to write beforehand. I'm sure that's what Mr. Thomas is hoping for. I have no problem writing (or typing) until I'm actually given something I have to write about a specific topic. So here's my attempt at anti heroes.

             The defintion of an anti hero is a central character in a story, movie, or drama who lacks conventional heroic attributes. In case you were wondering. Because it's not like I was the one who didn't know.... I will now compare Ichabod Crane, the weird antihero from Sleepy Hollows, to Perry Smith, the troubled, murderous anithero from In Cold Blood.
 
              Ichabod and Perry both came from mysterious backgrounds. All we learn about Ichabod's past is that he was born in Connecticut.  We don't know anything else about him. There are so many unanswered questions. What was his childhood like? Why made him decide to teach children? Does he have any close family or friends? The same goes for Perry. Even though this time we're given a pretty detailed past, there are still plenty of questions. Why did his parents allow things to get so bad in the first place? Why didn't they show Perry and his siblings more love and affection? For Ichabod and Perry, the answers to these question had a major influence on the people they became.

               Something else Ichabod and Perry share in common is their need to use others for the benefit that they themselves will recieve. Ichabod seems as though he is inlove with Katrina. But when admiring her home and thinking about the future they could have together he seems more infatuated with the Van Tassle fortune than the girl. Perry used Dick and his plans in order to get funds so he could go deep-sea treasure hunting in Mexico. In both instances, the men don't care about the feelings of the other person. They only care about getting what they want.

                 And finally (finally), Ichabod and Perry both ended up "losing." Ichabod Crande did not get the girl and was either run out of town by the Headless Horseman or bewitched by him. Either way it's an unexpected ending. And we all know what happened to Perry Smith. The death penalty became his fate. Neither men ended up with what they'd wanted. I think it's safe to say that anti heroes don't recieve the storybook happy ending that other protagonists do.

                  So there. I finished writing, or typing I mean, my first blog post. Sorry there are no pictures, maybe next time. Fingers crossed that the next one comes easier to me.