/lit/ - Literature

>>19258906
Akka is a formulaic character. He's a classic archetype of misunderstood hero fighting against all odds to save the world that hates him. His anguish is mostly external - he suffers beatings, death of loved ones, torture, cuckoldry, every night he dreams of unspeakable horrors, his school is a laughingstock etc.
Cnaiurs anguish is entirely internal. If the books didn't provide his POV he would appear as a regular dumb barbarian with too much testosterone to stay calm. In reality he is a man who suffered at the hands of Dunyain bullshit magic not once, but twice, rejected by his own peoples, his persona a smoldering wreck of self-doubt, self-hatred, endless paranaoia and neurosis. He basically goes insane on a daily basis and then pulls himself back to functioning state by the sheer force of his penetrating intelligence.