Our Twisted Hero Quotes

“‘Get out of the way, all of you!’...The children flinched and stepped back abruptly. I was taken by surprise too. I turned around in my chair and saw a boy sitting at the desk at the back of the middle row; he was solidly planked down there and he looked at us with a certain resignation’(6). This quote shows that people use their power to intimidate people to get them to listen and boy them. In the book Our Twisted Hero by Yi Munyoi, Om Sokdae, the antagonist, is the twisted hero. Om is the twisted hero because although his intentions are meant to be bad he carries them out to look good. Han, the protagonist experienced this with Om on the first day of school. When Om was asking questions to see if he had to worry about Han being a threat for not being under his manipulation and control like others. “‘Han Pyongat’ae, you said right? Come here.’ He spoke again in that same soft but firm voice was all; he didn’t move a finger; and yet I found myself getting up. Such was the strange effects his eyes had on …show more content…
“Sokdae examined the windows for a while. ‘It won’t do, there are stains there still. Clean them, again.’ he said, and then ran back out to the playground. I felt as if all my blood ran to my face”(65). Han was assigned the task to clean up the windows since an inspector was going to come in and check the conditions of the school. But later on there is a twist of things. “Hey, Han Pyongt’ae!’...Sokdae leaving the others at a distance, had come over alone beneath the window and was looking up at m. His face seemed generous and merciful as never before. ‘You can go now, I pass the windows.’” In that scene, of the story, Om was still the “boss” of things and kept making Hna clean the windows over and over. To leave him out of games that the other boys would would play when they were all done. It shows that Om is still the intimidating figure but has compassion as