I think Fitzgerald's The Beautiful and Damned shows this pretty well. The main character's (Can't really say protagonist in this case) Ivy League friends go off to fight in WW1 and they all say it's for the adventure. Knowing full well what absolute horror could await them, they didn't care.
Given how limited travel was during this time, I kind of get it, wanting to see a new land and all, but damn.
You can say "protagonist" in this case. They're the main character, that's the protagonist. It's "hero" that isn't interchangeable with Main Character, not Protagonist. Protagonist = The main focus of the story. Antagonist = The main opposing force entity of the story.
Bonus words: Deuteragonist = Secondary Main Character (Misty to Ash in Pokemon). Tritagonist = Tertiary Main Character (Brock to Ash and Misty in Pokemon).
It is perfectly possible to have a villain-protagonist (and a hero-antagonist), You'd see this in the anime Moriarty The Patriot, where Sherlock Holmes is the antagonist (because he's out saving lives and stopping crime that the protagonist is attempting to do), but the villain Moriarty is solidly in the protagonist slot (because he's the viewpoint main character).
Men always fight in wars for a wide gamut of reasons.
I think Fitzgerald's The Beautiful and Damned shows this pretty well. The main character's (Can't really say protagonist in this case) Ivy League friends go off to fight in WW1 and they all say it's for the adventure. Knowing full well what absolute horror could await them, they didn't care.
Given how limited travel was during this time, I kind of get it, wanting to see a new land and all, but damn.
You can say "protagonist" in this case. They're the main character, that's the protagonist. It's "hero" that isn't interchangeable with Main Character, not Protagonist. Protagonist = The main focus of the story. Antagonist = The main opposing force entity of the story.
Bonus words: Deuteragonist = Secondary Main Character (Misty to Ash in Pokemon). Tritagonist = Tertiary Main Character (Brock to Ash and Misty in Pokemon).
It is perfectly possible to have a villain-protagonist (and a hero-antagonist), You'd see this in the anime Moriarty The Patriot, where Sherlock Holmes is the antagonist (because he's out saving lives and stopping crime that the protagonist is attempting to do), but the villain Moriarty is solidly in the protagonist slot (because he's the viewpoint main character).
Thank you, I was mixing up hero and protagonist.