People have many different aspects of Loki, having their own opinions on him, Hero, Villian, other, and I believe that he is an Anti-Hero. Loki has all the traits and Anti-Hero would have, he has no goal, he switches sides, he’s a trickster, and he does wrong, then goes back to make it right. There aren't many details that stand out in the book to me but just looking at few of the things he does all arrows point at Anti-Hero.

Loki would be considered an Anti-Hero by many, including myself because he has no goal. For example, in the book when the Eagle stole their food Loki tried defending Odin to help him (and himself) to get the food back from the Eagle, but then when he got caught by the Eagle he quickly turned. Usually, when heroes get in the deathly position they don't care and do the best they can to save others before saving themselves but Loki makes a very nonhero-like decision and made that bad deal. Other actions in the book show that he just lets things happen and sees what he can get out of it. So, making that deal with the Eagle and having no goal to what He really wanted at the moment gave him his reputation. …show more content…
The way Loki is seen as a trickster in the book definitely stands out, like when he tricks Iduna into bringing her Apples out into open territory to steal them from her and be captured. He also tried tricking the Eagle that Iduna just magically disappeared, even though Loki actually left with her being transformed into a nut and him as a falcon, but the eagle was just too smart. Since Loki is trickster he could also have a bad reputation seen from Odin due to that, and knowing that he could turn on him at any time, which can also kinda act like a reason for being an Anti-Hero. Loki doing this many time is shown very clearly to be quite the