EXISTENTIAL HERO IN THE STORY AND HIS MOTIVE OF LIVING WITH CREATURES (ON THE EXAMPLE OF SHUKHRAT MATKARIM'S STORY "MAKAR")

The article discusses existential heroes, usually individuals who are excluded from society, struggling with their fantasies, emotions, and internal contradictions, and analyzes their often searching for the meaning of their lives or feeling the futility of existence. It also explains the various meanings of the relationship between the existential hero and creatures (animals, nature, mythical creatures).