Notes from Underground Blog 2

• Blog – Who is Rooster? What are your first impressions of him?

An anti-hero is someone who had the potential to be a hero but had something interfere with them causing them to change. Rooster is an anti-hero. Rooster is infamous for being a killer. Rooster is unafraid to use his power and title. Killing people normally isn’t a trait you would find in a hero and that is why Rooster is an anti-hero. While he has the heroic trait of protecting the town, the way in which he treats his prisoners isn’t. Instead of being known for saving people lives by capturing people Rooster is known for his killing ways. Another non-heroic trait Rooster has is that he has a bad temper. For instance, Rooster is rude to Mattie when she first asks him to help her find her dads killer. When she initially tries to meet him he slams the door, thus ignoring her. Later on she meets up with Rooster and asks him to help her find her dads killer. He ignores her at first, but then becomes interested when she starts talking about money. This shows that he is more interested about money then he is protecting people and helping them out. She also tells him that he might be able to catch someone he is after while hunting her dad’s killer, which is another reason that entices him to go. However he makes fun of her for carrying around her dad’s gun because he feels she is incapable of using it. From what we watched in the movie I would have to say that Rooster is defiantly a good example of an anti-hero.