 Alexander Solzhenitsyn's "The First Circle", for example, depicts a variety of characters imprisoned and living in a gulag camp.Leo Tolstoy's "War and Peace" depicts fifteen major characters involved in or affected by a war.Though many people equate protagonists with the term hero and possessing heroic qualities, it is not necessary as even villainous characters can be protagonists, examples include Michael Corleone from "The Godfather" (1972-1990) film series, Tony Montana from "Scarface" (1983), Light Yagami from the "Death Note" manga series, Gabriel Belmont from , Patrick Bateman from "American Psycho" (2000), Anakin Skywalker from "" (2005), Dexter Morgan from the TV series "Dexter" and Arthur Fleck/Joker from Joker (2019).