Chapter Eight: Antihero

Howard W. Campbell, Jr. is an excellent example of an antihero. Campbell was "an American who had become a Nazi." An antihero is defined as a central who lacks the qualities traditionally associated with heroes such as courage, grace, intelligence, or morality.

Campbell's radical conversion into Nazism, a party that massacres individuals who do not fit into the "perfect" Aryan race, shows he lacks all positive qualities associated with being a hero. This means that he must be an antihero.