Reading the novel “The Three-Day Road”, I discovered that there are various archetypal themes and characters that reside in the story. To see these archetypes I had to analyze the text and dig deeper because it was hidden. The characters that I found to have archetypal personality types 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 the protagonist. Say no to plagiarism. Get a tailor-made essay on "Why Violent Video Games Shouldn't Be Banned"? Get an original essay From what I understand, Xavier displays the characteristics of an outcast and a hero. Since Xavier is the narrator, he likes to describe events, and during the analysis, I found that Xavier is similar to the Hero archetype in that he represents what is good while showing acts of courage, but he also differs in that he does not feels like he needs to earn credit for doing good. A good example is when Xavier hears the other soldiers talking: “'It's Elijah the killer,' Gray Eyes suddenly says. 'X places just for him. Elijah told me that X vomited the first time he saw Elijah kill.' …I leave without making a sound so they don't know I've been there, with warm ears” (Boyden 88), he doesn't let the enemy know that they are not right, even if it hurts his honor. This quote shows how Xavier has a good mentality and believes he is doing the right thing by helping Elijah defeat the Germans. Another case of Xavier that this statement shows is that Xavier is not constrained by a sense of duty. He realizes that what the soldiers are trying to say, is that Xavier is useless and Elijah doesn't need him, yet he gives them the option to accept what they need regardless of the fact that they have no clue about reality that without Xavier Elijah would not have the strength to defeat the Germans. Xavier always paints Elijah as the trickster when he regularly tricks English-speaking soldiers with his fake dialect and accent, making them sound like one of them. The reason I Elijah is a cheater is due to his activities in the private school where he regularly escaped from inconveniences by cajoling the nuns. Another key thing that Elijah does is speak like the soldiers to deceive them and influence them to believe that he is one of them. Elijah uses their intonation, as well as uses the same type of vocabulary, for example: "'Dear Henry,' says Elijah, 'will you be a kind fellow and make me a cup of tea?'" (Boyden 125). This quote shows exactly how much of a trickster Elijah can be when talking to English people. Although, when he talks to Xavier, he is sincere, unlike when he talks to the English, it is all lies and deceit. As indicated by her support of Xavier and the way he uses spirituality to guide her, I imagine that Niska describes the qualities of a mentor and a magician. There were two statements that really demonstrate such a case in Niska's character. The main quote is when Niska describes how she showed Xavier when he was a child: “I taught you [Xavier] everything I knew about the bush, the best way to trap rabbits and how to use their fur to protect them from the cold… what plants and herbs were edible and had healing properties” (Boyden 186). This statement implies that everything Xavier knows and does would not be conceivable without the information that Niska gave him father, put Xavier in a private school since he couldn't take care of him Niska protected him from the anguish that school brought him and raised him to be the man he is. The second statement is from when....