Freedom In Yi Munyol's Our Twisted Hero

After countless losses in a battle for freedom to the point where the cost of submission to an oppressive regime is a bargain compared to persistence, one is likely to overlook their moral compass and surrender. One justification of giving in to an oppressive regime is the social interaction factor: by rejecting a power that others have embraced, one will be considered an outsider and shunned. This internal battle between the want for freedom and the want to fit in appears in Yi Munyol’s Our Twisted Hero through Han Pyongt’ae’s life after moving from Seoul. At first, Pyongt’ae despises of Om Sokdae, the classroom monitor that exercises tyrannical control over his classmates under the blind trust of the teacher, and rejects his rule. However,