Villains are essential for a story. They give our heroes and
heroines purpose. Baddies help the good guys see how important the good things
in life are. In 3:10 to Yuma
If you haven’t read this awesome story or seen either of
these movies (shame on you! J ) Dan Evans is a down and out rancher who lost part
of a leg in the Civil War. He’s about to
lose his ranch and due partly to his physical condition feels less of a man. Desperate
for money to save his ranch and maybe his marriage Dan takes the job of getting
very bad boy Ben Wade on to the prison train to Yuma .
On their journey to the train, Dan is reminded of the man he
can be not the one he’s allowed himself to become. Ben and his wicked ways
bring out Dan’s strength and sense of purpose.
Yet not all villains are human. There are the animal baddies
such as Stephen King’s Cujo. Cujo is
a rabid Saint Bernard that traps a woman and her young son in their car for
days. That doggie gave me nightmares. It took ingenuity and a heavy dose of
courage to rescue herself and son from the crazed canine.
Some villains are in the hero's mind they've created their
own evils to combat. This could be anything from a drinking problem, overcoming
a traumatic life event, an illness, the hero getting in their own way or
creating a villain in their mind.
Every plot has an element of good verses evil in it but
without those bad apples our heroes and heroines would never find the good in
themselves to overcome the bad.
Do you have a favorite villain?
Part of the Blogging from A to Z Challenge for the letter V
I really like villains who are incredibly polite. The meaner they get, the nicer they get.
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