Journal #3 1st Quarter

In the novel The Archer's Tale, by Bernard Cornwell, the main character Thomas seems to have two main enemies. One of them is Harlequin, who kills his father and steals the relic from Hookton. The other is Sir Simon Jekyll, who is in the English army with Thomas. Sir Simon Jekyll is a mean and ill tempered soldier. During an attack on La Roche-Derrien, a French city, Jekyll is wounded by a woman with a crossbow guarding the city. The army conducts a second attack and they eventually capture the city. Jekyll attempts to rape the woman who shot him, Jeanette, for revenge. He is caught by the Earl and is excommunicated. This action leads up to Jekyll and his men almost beating Thomas to death because he had released a captured army leader that Jekyll recently lost too. Jekyll wants to kill Thomas throughout the novel and it is hard to tell who is a more threatening enemy to Thomas. In my opinion it is Harlequin because he has the ancient relic, he killed his father, and he is also a powerful warrior. Jekyll is also a big threat too, but he does not posses what Thomas is looking for.