Gregor The Overlander Literary Analysis

Gregor, in Gregor the Overlander, distorts our view of the masculine hero. Throughout the novel he is fighting an internal battle of how to live up to this prophecy while trying to squash his adolescent fears of being in an unknown place. Lykke Guanio-Uluru is a professor of literature at Bergen University College in Norway who writes on the dynamic of Gregor’s capability to be a hero along with his feminine and masculine supporters. Guanio-Uluru states that Collins’ writing style specifies Gregor in the beginning as someone in search of greater things but needing guidance to get there. She highlights the ability that Collins has of making us trust the allies and then feel Gregor’s pain when they turn on him. This creates an internal battle