Los Pollos Hermanos

Upon first glance Gus Fring is nothing more than the manager of many fast food restaurants called Los Pollos Hermanos. He hides out in the open and appears to be an ally of the drug enforcement administration. But behind the chicken restaurant, behind his business friendships, and behind his dead eyes lies the the largest methamphetamine dealer in North America. Gus Fring is a monster.
      I was first introduced to the television show breaking bad by a friend and had finished all 4 seasons within a week. Gus is played by the exceptional Giancarlo Esposito. Within every monster there is a strange and twisted brilliance.
Gus has been peddling meth in new Mexico for twenty years without even a suspicion of his involvement with drug trafficking. He hides in a common suburban neighborhood as a socially conscience philanthropist. Through an underground war with the Mexican drug cartel Gus doesn't fear death. In the show Gus employs Bryan Cranston's character (Walt) as a meth cooker. He later manipulates Walt and threatens him and his family with death. Gus once murdered a man by slitting his throat and letting him bleed on Walt and his assistant Jessie.

      While many monsters prance around with their masks, Gus's masks are his chicken restaurant and his seemingly average life. Gus Fring is a monster because he is morally empty and his business ruins the lives of hundreds of thousands of Americans. One characteristic that all monsters contain is the their fear factor, When Gus's face turns cold and dead, fear comes from what we know he is capable and his lack of emotion.