Anti-Hero in Chester Himes’ Novel “If He Hollers Let Him Go”
After two world wars, humankind inevitably grew bored with swashbuckling idealism and wanted to witness inner torment, pessimism, alienation from society, and general incapability of dealing with life. Art had to reflect the new hopeless reality people were experiencing. Almost concurrently, we also discovered ennui, existentialism, and irony. All past...