En voksende tendens i litteraturen, på skærmen og på scenen har flyttet sig til at producere mere mangelfulde menneskelige hovedpersoner. Forbilleder af dyd, som er modige, dygtige og som altid gør det rigtige. I stedet for disse inspirerende helte har mange værker en komplementær arketype: antihelten.
JD Salinger beskrev The Catcher in the Rye som en roman om "et individs fremmedgørelse i en hjerteløs verden." Engager eleverne, når de lærer om Holden Caulfields rejse med vores færdiglavede aktiviteter og storyboards!
Catcher In The Rye Holden Caulfield as an Antihero
Storyboard Tekst
INTRODUCTION
Hi, I am Holden Caulfield. I am 16 years old and I am currently undergoing mental health treatment.
CHARACTER TRAITS
...although I failed 4 out of 5 of my classes, it's not my fault. I have this roommate who has BO and forces girls to sleep with him. I also tend to enhance the truth....
DYNAMIC
Well, I do have a few issues I need to work out, like not being able to relate to people and my apathy towards reality, especially my future.
NEGATIVE TRAITS
I never thought my lying and discontent would get me beat up...
POSITIVE TRAITS
...but people still like me because I have morals and values; I see people for who they are and not what they are.
CONCLUSION
Antihero is introduced.
The reader begins to see positive and negative character traits.
The reader learns that the character is dynamic, often having positive and negative traits.
The negitive traits of the protagonist make him an antihero.
...yet his positive attributes give them a redeeming quality.