Yi Munyol’s novel, Our Twisted Hero is about Pyongt’ae’s new life in a school in the suburbs. As Pyongt’ae describes his encounter with Sokdae, the class monitor, the reader sees that heroes can be both immoral and productive. Sokdae is the twisted hero of Our Twisted Hero because although he misuses his power as class monitor, he is still powerful and keeps the children safe.
The class’ loyalty towards Sokdae allows Sokdae to rule with fear and abuse his power. When Pyongt’ae reports Sokdae for all of his misdeeds and his classmates did not support him, he becomes aware of the class’s loyalty to Sokdae. With this loyalty, Sokdae reveals his twistedness when he makes his classmate do inappropriate things. For example, “There were sexual things
The class’ loyalty towards Sokdae allows Sokdae to rule with fear and abuse his power. When Pyongt’ae reports Sokdae for all of his misdeeds and his classmates did not support him, he becomes aware of the class’s loyalty to Sokdae. With this loyalty, Sokdae reveals his twistedness when he makes his classmate do inappropriate things. For example, “There were sexual things