below in light of the question Jimmy s Anger and Frustration Jimmy Porter is full of anger He cannot accept the dull middle-class life around him He mocks the lifeless society he sees In Act I he says Let s pretend that we re human beings and that we re actually alive This sarcastic line shows his frustration It highlights people who live without real passion A heroic man inspires others but Jimmy only spreads bitterness His anger makes him more destructive than helpful Loss of Purpose and Disillusionment Jimmy feels his generation has no great causes to fight for He compares himself to earlier generations who had wars and noble struggles In Act I he says I suppose people like me aren't supposed to be very patriotic This shows that Jimmy does not feel proud of his country Instead of leading with courage like a hero he feels trapped in boredom and hopelessness His words reveal a man who has lost purpose not a hero or a leader Cruelty and Abusive Nature Jimmy often speaks cruelly to his wife Alison Porter His harsh words make him unheroic In Act I he says to her If you could have a child and it would die This is his cruelest remark It shows his bitterness and hidden pain from his own childhood trauma A hero protects his loved ones but Jimmy hurts Alison deeply Later Alison really loses her baby and Jimmy s words become a painful prophecy Class Conflict and Marriage Problems Jimmy married Alison partly to fight against her upper-class family Alison herself admits this in Act II Some people do actually marry for revenge This shows that their marriage was not built on love alone but also on class struggle and revenge A true hero builds but Jimmy destroys his relationships with selfish motives His unkind attacks on Alison s family show his inability to rise above class hatred Desire to Escape Reality At times Jimmy dreams of escaping his pain He creates a private world with Alison called the bear and squirrel game In Act III he says We ll be together in our bear s cave or our squirrel s drey This is not heroic action but a childish escape Jimmy cannot face real problems in society or family life Instead he hides in fantasy This makes him weak and unheroic even though it also shows his need for love Osborne uses Jimmy to show the frustration of the Angry Young Men in post-war Britain In short Jimmy Porter is not a traditional hero He is intelligent and passionate but also cruel bitter and selfish He mocks society but cannot change it His anger only damages the people around him For these reasons Jimmy is the best example of an anti-hero not a hero