Who Is The Hero In The Short Story Car Crash While Hitchhik

Denis Johnson's short story, Car Crash While Hitchhiking, captures a journey of a man who is high off drugs and experiences an event and not showing any heroic actions. A hero is someone who is a whole person, who is capable of understanding their surroundings. A hero is usually someone is places a big role in another person's life. Fuckhead isn't capable of this because he doesn't have a sober mind to understand what acts he should take to deal with the events the play throughout the story. He also doesn't have any connections with a person to be considered important enough to be a hero. A hero is someone that can make a clear decision, which is being able to choice from right and wrong. An ideal hero would have the conscious to do right in order to live a near perfect life. Although it is possible that a hero will commit some sinful acts they would then have the courage to …show more content…
A person who goes through life on drugs reflects their thoughts and actions they wish they could complete while sober. It is said that a person shows their true color while on drugs because they still have some sort of knowledge as to what it is they're doing, yet they use the drugs as an excuse. Car Crash While Hitchhiking proves that Fuckhead doesn't carry any aspects of being a hero while his involvement with drugs and alcohol. Fuckhead seems to be searching for meaning in his life so he turns to drugs to fill that void. Throughout the story he lacks connection with the other characters. He doesn't give himself a chance to sobered up so he could take in what he has experience. He uses the drug to detach himself from reality which causes him not to have any kind of emotional connection or empathy for another person. For example, when the police ask him if he knew anything about the crash he says that he doesn't know what had occurred. While at the hospital he hears the truck drivers wife scream causing him to be amazed because she can