Bibliography
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Who is Rick
He is a Nihilist and has Existential Crisis, he believes the universe is meaningless and life has no purpose. He only believe in science and is extremly rational. At the same time, he rebels against authority and is a deconstructor of systems. He escapes himself through adventures and creating chaos, embodying the “tormented genius.”
Rick as an anti-hero
First, he is lack of traditional heroic morality, he is selfish, dangerous. His motivation are often out of personal desires, instead of noble ideas. But at the same time, even he denies all emotions, he still protects his family (especially Morty) at critical moment, which shows there’s still humanity in his heart. Also, as a nihilist,confronts the absurd with humor and irony, embodying the “American absurd hero” who uses laughter to combat nothingness.