YA book essay

Oscar Mendoza 802

   In the book "Day of Doom" by David Baldacci a family named Cahill's are fighting against an organization called the vespers to free their family members that are being hostages and the rest of the world from being destroyed. This family has obeyed orders from the vespers so that their family members who are being held hostage don't die. In the final book of this series the Cahill family have to stop the vespers from detroying the world and save their family members at the same time when the vespers always seem one step a head of the Cahills.As you may see this book shows the archetype "hero vs villain" in which the Cahill's are the "heros" and the "villain  " are the vespers.

  The archetype "hero vs villain" is shown when Amy Cahill is surrounded by three vespers including Isabel Kabra and is going to be shot to death. For example according to the text it states" Army was surrounded she saw no way out of this. She thought"this is the end. Good bye And,good bye everyone." Suddenly the noise of sirens and " Your are surrounded surrender now or face the consequences!"(p.168) Later on Amy is told by her brother Dan that he created a hologram and with is advance speakers made the noise sound real when he noticed that she was surrounded. The cahills always seem to have each other's back especial in high risk situations and it is a life or death situation . In this situation Amy and Dan Cahill were against the odds, but Dan was able to save his sister from three vespers.

    Another example of the archetype "hero vs villain"is when Jake Rosenbloom and Amy Cahill are trapped in a train cart surrounded by Isabel's Kabras body guards when the train had lost its power. In the dark both Amy and Jake could not see a thing but the bodyguards could with their night vision goggles. According to the text it states" Jake  watch out!" Screamed Amy as she felt something thrown at her and dogged it ,but hit Jake. Amy kicked in the direction the object had come from and heard a hmpf. She picked up the man night vision goggles and directed Even where the bodyguards were to attack them while Amy had jakes back. In less than 5 minutes all the guards were down."(p.269) Both Amy and Jake worked very well together to stop the bodyguards from hurting or killing both of them.  After that they turned the power back on and tried to stop Isabel from killing Dan.  The Cahills never give up no matter what their situation is they always keep on fighting to save each other and to do what is right.This is another situation which the book shows how the archetype "hero vs villain" is shown.

  The final example of the archetype "hero vs villain "is when all of the Cahill's fighting the vespers(including the former Cahill hostages)are in a room for the final battle to decide if they will defeat the vespers or die. For example according to the text it states" Amy saw all of the ones she cared about Dan,Fisk,Nellie,Ian,Evan,Regan,Jake, Jonah, Atticus,Phoenix and Hamilton working together back to back as if they will never separate again. The Vespers didn't come through the doors but instead the walls opened up and a flood of vespers came through. Each one knowing vespers out protecting each other from not seen enemies. It was a beautiful sight to Amy to see her family working together, a thing she thought was never going to happen."(p.309)Later on a former vesper and Cahill sacrificed herself so that her family could have destroyed that machine that would have killed all of them and destroyed the world. The Cahills had a very tough history with them always fighting, but for once they were all cooperating for the greater good. This is the final example of how the archetype "good vs evil" is shown.

  In conclusion this is how the archetype "hero vs villain" is shown in "Day of Doom". All of the Cahill's or some managed to work together to save themselves and the world from the vespers. The Cahill's showed this archetype but also the statement of  family and how important family is. In the real world many people or groups are seen as good or bad to try to destroy or help for the greater cause.