Cate Archetypes

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In the novel The Assassin Games By Kirsty McKay. The main character Cate wants to be in the group called the Assassins Guild. Which is a group where they play a game like mafia.However before she could get accepted she had to be challenged by the recurring members. Let’s just say she didn’t have the most pleasant thing to do. It involved Cow Poo and hands tied together. She ended up succeeding in the task and got put into the group. Soon enough the game started the killer has been selected and people were frantic and “horrified” trying not to get “killed.”The game seemed pretty calm overall when all of the sudden it started to become more realistic. People were trying to not actually get attacked by this mystery person. People after people …show more content…

She would be considered a tragic hero because she has a task and she has a set back. During the whole story Cate’s main task was to stay alive during the Assassin Guild game. Overall she strived over other members and got to the end. Her strategy was to hide and stay low-key because she knew the killer was going to come for her soon enough. With Daniel, Vaughan and Marica possibly being the killer she tried to stay away from everyone. She even said for herself “ I spent Sunday hiding. Hiding from the killer, hiding from Daniel, hiding from Vaughan and questions about Vaughan that inevitable will come my way from Marcia and Alex.” ( 67 ) This proves that her other task was to not stay close to anyone because they could be a compulsive liar who was actually the killer the whole time. Later on throughout the book she found that Vaughan, and Marcia were not the killer. The person she ultimately thought it was Daniel but it wasn’t. She found out who the real killer was when Vaughan was attacked during the night. During the panic to find him, she finally found him chained to a rock on the lake. Then he started to explain to her who the killer was his explanation was that “It wasn’t Daniel that hit me over the head, and it wasn’t Daniel who was Skulk, and it wasn’t Daniel who tried to kill Emily and Rick.” (306) After this point they find out who the killer is and from this you can tell the Cate guessed wrong. Which put her …show more content…

I would describe Vaughan and Cate to lovers but there is one thing in there way. That one thing is the Assassin Guild. Out of nowhere Vaughan came to Umfraville Hall where he met his old friend. But Cate doesn’t recognize him at first, she thinks it’s a random guy speaking to her. It ends up being that he was a old friend at school when they were 8. Cate realized and said “ Vaughan? His name comes out as a gasp; it almost feels forbidden. I haven’t said that name in such a long time.”(36) Throughout his time of just getting to the school, he ended up getting into the Guild. Which means that they could have more time to catch up with each other. When they end up keep hanging out with each other they start to like one another. But the bad thing between them is the games. Cate had been stressed about the games and she couldn’t even talk to Vaughan. She stayed in her room all day and avoided human contact. After Cate not trying to bump into each other. She had to trust Vaughan and know that he actually was not going to kill her. An example to show after they overcame this struggle was when Cate woke up in the cave and he wasn’t there. Her thoughts in this were “ “ ( ) She was extremely worried that Vaughan could be dead right now. Everyone told them that he was probably killed by the killer. But Cate ended up finding him. She was scared and frightened for him which shows that they care about each other

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