Antagonist In 'Brother Leon, Archie Costello And The Vigils'

The story’s antagonists can be associated with several characters, Brother Leon, Archie Costello and The Vigils, and Emile Janza. Brother Leon is one of the bigger rivals and enemies in the book because, besides from antagonizing Jerry, he tends to undermine others as well and create a hostile environment for the students, attributing the domination and violence at Trinity high school to his responsibility. Brother Leon tends to find fault in the others at the school and controls the other administrators that work with him at the school district. With the manipulative behavior that he greatly uses to his advantage, Brother Leon carefully builds a connection with Archie and The Vigils in an attempt to gain the ultimate power at the school. Unconcerned
with the consequences that might follow, Brother Leon lives in the moment, never looking back at the actions that he took. Archie is an antagonist himself, but with his partnership with The Vigils, and the high role of leader he maintains within the group, he delivers all sorts of trouble to Jerry. Archie's supremacist to others has no origin, but it's the fear and trouble he can bring that affects many others. Considered the mastermind behind The Vigils assignments, Archie finds pleasure in enjoying others do his dirty work. While Archie disapproves of physical violence, the psychological disturbance is his specialty. He bullies people by messing with their minds. Occasionally, the author will shed insight as to the life Archie grew up in, but that remains a mystery to the reader. Emile Janza operates by using his own type of fear and cruelty--- physical power. He goes around campus, stealing other's gas from their car, sending kids to steal for him, and even blackmailing Jerry for a point in the story. At the end of the story, Archie gets Janza to participate in a boxing match in which he brutally beats Jerry, as he overpowers him and eventually paramedics come in to help Jerry.