Elijah utilizes their intonation, as well as utilizes the same type of vocabulary, for example, “’Dear Henry,’ Elijah says, ‘would you be a kind chap and make me a cup of tea?’” (Boyden 125).
Another basic thing Elijah does is speak like the soldiers to deceive and influence them to trust he is one of them. The reason why I Elijah is a trickster is by his activities in the private school where he regularly escaped inconvenience by cajoling the nuns. Xavier is always portraying Elijah as the trickster when he regularly tricks the English-talking soldiers with his fake dialect and accent, influencing it to appear as though he is one of them. He realizes that what the soldiers are trying to state, is that Xavier is futile and Elijah doesn’t need him, yet he gives them a chance to accept what they need regardless of whether they don’t have the foggiest idea about reality that without Xavier Elijah would not have the strength to overcome Germans. Another case of Xavier that this statement shows is that Xavier isn’t compelled by a sense of duty. This quote demonstrates how Xavier has a good mindset and in his convictions of doing the right thing by helping Elijah defeat Germans. Elijah told me how X threw up the first time he saw Elijah get a kill.’ …I leave without a sound so that they do not know I have been there, my ears hot” (Boyden 88), he doesn’t let the enemy know that they are not correct, even if it affects his honor. A good is example is as Xavier hears the other soldiers speaking, “’It’s Elijah that’s the killer,’ Grey Eyes says suddenly. Since Xavier is the narrator, he likes to describes events and while analyzing, I found that Xavier is similar to the Hero archetype because he stands for what he is good while showing acts of courage, but also differentiates because he doesn’t feel like he needs to earn the credit for doing good. The characters that I found to have archetypal types of personalities were the three main characters: Xavier who is the protagonist, Elijah who is Xavier’s best friend, and Niska who is Xavier’s aunt, also a protagonist.įrom my understanding, Xavier shows the characteristic of an outcast and the hero.
In order to see these archetypes, I had to analyze the text and dig deeper because it was hidden. Reading through the novel “Three Day Road”, I have discovered that there are various archetypal themes and characters that dwell in the story.
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