Archetypes of "Born a Crime"
Halfway into the novel, Trevor starts turning away from having Apartheid as his main focus and starts developing the characters that played a huge role in his life for the readers. The second half of the novel focuses on him as an individual, his family, and especially his mother Particia, his stepdad Abel, his first crush Maylene, and his troublesome friend Tom who played crucial archetypal roles in Trevor's life. The Women Behind Trevor's Current Success The most crucial character in Trevor's life was his mother Patricia. For the first few chapters of the novel I made the assumption that Patricia was a Damsel in Distress, but as I kept reading the novel I realized Patricia is nothing like a Damsel in Distress since she doesn't exhibit any weaknesses and is not dependent on anyone. The following quotation shows how Patricia faces her problems without fear and relying on anyone else, “At one point, I had to disown to go off and live my own life -” (Noah 265). ...