Our Twisted Hero

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Twisted, “An unhealthy or abnormal way of thinking”. Hero, “A person who is admired or idealized for courage or noble qualities”. These two words are very different, yet fitting. The term “twisted hero” can be hard to define and can be better explained with characteristics and traits. The traits of a twisted hero combine the bravery, heroism and natural leadership abilities of a hero, and the creativity and unique way of thinking possessed by a person with a twisted mind.
In Yi Munyol’s novel Our Twisted Hero, one of the main characters, Om Sokdae, is considered a twisted hero. Om Sokdae is the leader of a fifth grade class in a rural town in South Korea. Sokdae and his class class have the best test scores in the school and excel in every

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