The Villain Must Perish Research Paper

The Villain Must Perish
Harry Potter must kill Voldemort. Batman must fight the Joker. Luke Skywalker must defeat Darth Vader. The villain must be defeated by the hero. Every story from a tragic romance to a horrific adventure has a villain. Someone we are rooting against; someone we want destroyed. If the villain does not perish, we do not find the ending satisfactory. The hero must be triumphant and the villain must be obliterated. Every story must be this way, and consequently, our lives must be this way. Even in today’s world there must be someone we are battling against, whether it's ISIS and their acts of terror or Russia and their doping scandal, there seems to always be a bad guy in today’s world. There must be someone to embody all this evil even in our small town lives - the bully at school, the police officer that gave you a ticket you did not deserve, your parents who prevent you from going to a party - there is always someone for us to hate in this world. Therefore, if I could obliterate the world from any truth, it would be the truth that every story must have a villain. To begin, Harry Potter, Lord of the Rings, Star Wars, and every superhero comic are all so successful for one main reason: they give into our …show more content…
Now, I know that changing this simple belief would not solve all the world’s problems, but maybe we will learn to stop blaming each other for the evils in the world around us. Maybe we will learn to try and understand criminal's’ motives for their actions instead of just assuming they are wrong because they share qualities of a typically villain. What would the world be like if our stories did not have villians? Would Iraq be a more popular tourist spot than the Bahamas? Would we treat the homeless beggar in the street as our own brother? Would we be one