Why is Pechorin a "hero of our time"? And is he truly a hero?
Grigory Pechorin is a young officer. He is smart, handsome, and strong, but he commits vile deeds and plays with other people's feelings.
To "feel alive," he gets involved in adventures: he uses women, tests his fate, provokes a tragic duel
Pechorin tries to find his place in the world. But cannot find a place where he could apply his talents for the good.
Lermontov conceived the character as the embodiment of the vices of his generation. He sees nothing heroic in the Pechorin.
Lermontov considered his generation bored and indifferent.
The true heroes for him were the people who fought to the death at Borodino and defeated Napoleon.
Pechorin is Lermontov's harsh diagnosis of a generation
. Which has very few good and noble characters like Pechorin's friend Maksim Maksimych.
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