Archetypes In Carl Jung's The Karate Kid

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From the Greek word “exemplary,” Carl Jung created the word “archetypes.” Jung a Swiss psychiatrist, extended on the idea of something that frequently occurs in a movie or novel which stimulates a strong unconsciousness. Jung said archetypes are in all everyone, including characters. In The Karate Kid from 1984, archetypes arise for the entirety of the movie. Daniel LaRusso, a boy who is forced to move to California from New Jersey has trouble fitting in. The amount of archetypes that emerge throughout the whole movie helps make The Karate Kid, the great movie it is today.
Taking place in the mid 1980’s, Daniel finds himself in a difficult move all the way across the country with his mom, Lucille. Daniel, letting out his anger by …show more content…

Miyagi, started to train Daniel, they made a deal, Mr. Miyagi says he will train him, but Daniel cannot ask questions about training methods. The first day of training is “wax on, wax off.” Daniel had to wax many cars as his first day of training. Forgetting about his first day of training, he finally went on a date with Ali to Golf N’ Stuff. Daniel’s mom was the chauffeur and Ali’s parents do not approve of Daniel because he his from the poor part of town, but they go on the date anyway. After Daniel’s next two trainings, sand the floor and paint the fence, Daniel starts to become suspicious. His next training was to paint the house. After completing of all the “chores” Daniel was going to do, he confronted Mr. Miyagi. Daniel was shown that the household chores were defensive strategies. Daniel is inching closer and closer to the end of his “initiation,” the whole point of the movie. Daniel had to endure hard training to reach his ultimate goal of beating Johnny. Daniel next had to learn balance, Mr. Miyagi had Daniel stand on the edge of the boat and practice his defensive moves. Daniel had another date with Ali planned, but it did not happen because Johnny rudely kissed Ali at a country club dance while Daniel was watching. Johnny got a nice punch to the face from Ali, but Daniel was embarrassed because he ran into a waiter and made a mess of himself and the

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