Jack Sparrow - Classic Anti-Hero - Quotes

Norrington: One good deed is not enough to save a man from a lifetime of wickedness.
Jack: Though it seems enough to condemn him.

Elizabeth: There will come a moment when you have a chance to show it, to do the right thing.
Jack: I love those moments. I like to wave at them as they pass by.

Jack: The only rules that really matter are these: what a man can do, and what a man can't do.

Jack Sparrow from the Pirates of the Caribbean is one of the clearest examples of an anti-hero. His motivations, more often than not, are selfish and he frequently ends up causing most of the trouble that the heroes end up facing. He will join sides with anyone if it advances his own interests and acts recklessly. Yet despite all of that, he is endearing, humorous and in the end assists in saving the day. 

Jack: Me, I'm dishonest. And a dishonest man you can always trust to be dishonest.

Introduction

For me, there is no better story than a story that revolves around an anti-hero. This is probably why both the Gods with Fangs series and my second series that is in development, both detail the rise of an anti-hero who verges on  becoming a villain. There are at least two general categories that an anti-hero can fall into; either they simply lack the impressive characteristics that would be expected of a hero, or they are so far from the good moral nature of a hero that you are left questioning to the very end what side they are really on. My main characters tend to fall into the second category, as do my favorite characters in other books and movies. Nothing beats a former villain that ends up having to either assist the hero or become a hero themselves.

I have revamped this blog and will now dedicate the entries to discussing and analyzing fictional anti-heroes and villains because that is what I enjoy most. Tune in weekly for different character spotlights and my top ten lists regarding these characters and their transformations and decisions.