Archetypes In The Road

The Evil In The Honest
It is common for authors to make a character who portrays the idea of a good person and then turn it into a mean and heartless character. This is to make people interested in the character and the changes the character goes through. This happens so often that it is becoming an archetype. This archetype has become more common in books, films and TV shows because it develops interest in the audience. Thus, apocalyptic fiction always includes a character archetype of the "good guy who needs to be bad".
One depiction of this archetype is The Road, which is written by Cormac McCarthy. In the beginning of the novel, the Man and the Boy are introduced as the "good guys". The good guys are the ones that never do anything bad;
This is a perfect example to prove that this archetype is used in apocalyptical fiction because when the earth is coming to an end, Shelby Forthright has a solution that he brings forth to the people. Forthright is the hero at first; he promises people a better future, away from the destroyed earth. Forthright's promise was for the people to live happily in space. He presents himself as the problem solver and wants to restore hope to the people. As the story develops, his character changes into an awful person. He never cared about the needs of others. Destroying the old view of life, Forthright creates this new world based off his own ideas. He turns people into thinking that the world they will live in is the best option they can get. Forthright's main goal was for the people to forget what life was like on earth. Forthright changed their view to that of his. He didn’t care if people agreed with him because benefitting himself was his main goal. Another character that is present in Wall-E is Eve. She is a robot that is intended to protect people's needs. Unfortunately, she is being controlled by Forthright, the principal. Eve wants to do good; however she continues to fall into peer pressure. She is just there to do the dirty job. When she comes to earth in search of plants, Wall-E comes across her. Wall-E immediately falls in love with her but she doesn’t care about him. She starts showing interest in Wall-E. Eve and Wall-E start developing a friendship that leads to Wall-E opening up to her. Once they build a friendship; Wall-E shows Eve his place; Eve finds a plant that Wall-E owns. She immediately takes it from him, and leaves him without considering Wall-E's feelings. The only thing she cared about was finding what she was looking for and not Wall-E’s