‘You go’ said Sham to me
‘And make sure you come back’
In the example from the book we can see that he follows others ideas and does not make a fuss to go against what other characters are ordering him to do.
The second quality of a anti-hero is that they are easily swayed and indecisive when important issues erupt spontaneously yet another trait Fly Pie has to be the anti-hero of this story. This is one of many quotations:
‘I liked Scousie, I trusted him, I was sure he knew
But ‘I don’t know? I don’t know?’
In the quotation he acts as if he is unstable, as if everything has gone. And shows that he does no judge characters very well he doesn’t know when to trust someone.
The next quality of a anti-hero is being a thief here is a example of Fly being a thief a petty thief.
Jane gathered up the paper up. ‘You’ve forgotten’ she said coldly.
‘No more taking things, no more street kid stuff, we have money, we pay our way’ she thrust’s the paper at me.
‘Now go give it back to him’
In this quotation Fly Pie has a few bad habits, he steals a newspaper and Jane, Fly Pie’s sister is angry with Fly Pie for stealing the newspaper from the man ad is told to give back the newspaper. But in this quotation he has the Second quality of a anti-hero where he takes somebody’s orders to give something back but in this case a newspaper.
The fourth quality out of the six qualities of a anti-hero is that they do not help to defend a member of a group or a gang when they are in a tough situation.
In this book Fly Pie does the exact thing here is a quotation from the book:
I ran and ran. That chicken inside me didn’t stop me running.
In this quotation we can see that Fly Pie is abandoning a member of his group as his member is getting beaten up and proves that he is a anti-hero.
The Fifth trait of a anti-hero is that they are greedy, they want to grab a chance whenever they got a chance doing whatever to get it same again Fly Pie does this to the sister he dearly loves:
Go on, Go on! I screamed, I joined in, I started pulling at her to he was right. It was her job.
In this quotation we find him aggressive, and manipulated by a member of a group in this case Sham is telling Jane to go outside and talk to Mrs Tallus the mother of Sylvie.
Last of all Fly does something, which shows that he is a true anti-hero here is a quotation:
I ran down, through the spiky bushes and the long grey grass. I’d go maybe ten steps when I heard a gunshot.
This quotation clearly shows that he left the sister he loved to be killed by the police.
Throughout the essay we have proven that Fly Pie is a anti-hero showing throughout the novel ‘Baby and Fly Pie’. Showing acts of being a anti-hero we have seen that he is indecisive, someone who is easily swayed by others, who has to follow others ideas, a person who commits crime mainly a thief. A person who does not help a member when in a tight spot, a person who bullies people, and someone who leaves someone behind.
By Vivek Nair
