In a story perspective, Darren Vendor and Atticus “Tic” Freeman are the protagonists and heroes, and they are also the heroes within the definition of Jungian Archetypes. In Jungian psychology, the hero archetype symbolizes a powerful person, who fights against great odds to conquer or vanquish evil, but it also has a vulnerable spot (Petric, D. 2023). The vulnerable spot is its shadow side, the side that despises feeling any sort of weakness. Both Darren and Atticus already represent this archetype and its shadow relatively well, but they also further go on to encapsulate the archetype of the Caregiver. The Caregiver is an altruist, moved by compassion, generosity, and selflessness to help others. Caregivers first seek to help others, which they do …show more content…
Their shadow side is a suffering martyr, who controls others through guilt via manipulation or controlling behavior, often used to smother those they care about, ultimately harming those they mean to protect or look out for (Carol S. Pearson, Ph.D.). Darren’s story is a play-by-play on the hero’s journey, and his character best represents the hero and caregiver archetype in his story. At first, Darren is unimaginative and is satisfied with his current job, but soon he is met by his future boss and mentor Rhett of the startup company Sumwun. The company specializes in talk therapy over the phone for different companies, and it is seen by its nearly cultish environment as a revolutionary light in the darkness. At first, he tries to resist the call, but then his desire to help his mother and ensure their home doesn’t need to be sold, and his encouragement from his girlfriend Soraya and old family friend Percival, he takes the leap of faith and accepts the job interview. Darren is immediately recognized as an outsider to his coworkers when he arrives just a few minutes late, and is lambasted for it by Rhett and Clyde, the company
Watching a film, one can easily recognize plot, theme, characterization, etc., but not many realize what basic principle lies behind nearly every story conceived: the hero’s journey. This concept allows for a comprehensive, logical flow throughout a movie. Once the hero’s journey is thoroughly understood, anyone can pick out the elements in nearly every piece. The hero’s journey follows a simple outline. First the hero in question must have a disadvantaged childhood. Next the hero will find a mentor who wisely lays out his/her prophecy. Third the hero will go on a journey, either literal or figurative, to find him/herself. On this journey the hero will be discouraged and nearly quit his/her quest. Finally, the hero will fulfill the prophecy and find his/herself, realizing his/her full potential. This rubric may be easy to spot in epic action films, but if upon close inspection is found in a wide array of genres, some of which are fully surprising.
One’s mythology can cause another’s to change. The main one being Boy’s and Dunstan’s: Since the snowball incident Dunstan and Boy have remained friends on the surface, with Boy helping Dunny financially, and Dunny showing up to Boy’s events as the war hero. But Boy’s personal mythology, unlike Dunstan’s, revolves around money and materialism. Boy believes in having a high social status along with a trophy wife. He tries to “make [Leola] into the perfect wife for a rising young entrepreneur in sugar” (124). While Dunstan is haunted everyday of the guilt of Mary’s condition, Boy doesn’t even acknowledge that the event ever occurred. But, because Dunstan is faced by the guilt his entire life, he can embrace his shadow. However, for Boy, his ego has been covering up and pushing away his shadow for most his life. In the end Boy’s shadow is simply to big to accept or overcome, the guilt of sixty years, to big to swallow, is finally eating away at him his has no other choice but to take his own life. Boy’s mythology influences Dunstan’s personal mythology to not care for money and wealth. Carl Jung, creator of Jungian Psychology said, “Everything that irritates us about others can lead us to an understanding of ourselves.” Dunstan stays away from the things that irritate him about Boy, he learns from Boy what life is not about, and is sure not to let himself become like Boy. By
What is "The Hero's Journey" and why is it so widely used? In short "The Hero's Journey" is a pattern narrative driven by an archetype hero who finds him/herself newly gifted with extraordinary powers/magical items and goes on a symbolic journey to right a wrong or vanquish an enemy returning home changed forever. And "The Hero's Journey" is so popular because it works. Every person can see themselves as a Harry Potter or a Katniss. A well-developed hero is easy to identify with and root for. Enter The Mark of Noba.
Today in the world there are many types of adventures that are closely related to the Hero’s Journey. In the book The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime by Mark Haddon, it uncovers the adventure of Christopher Boone searching for the killer of Wellington, his neighbor’s dog. Christopher ran away from Swindon, his hometown, because he discovered that his father lied about his mother’s death and that he killed Wellington. While on his adventure, Christopher encounters challenges such as talking to strangers and being followed by a police officer. Since Christopher was a person who showed symptoms of Asperger’s Syndrome, a developmental disorder that affects a person’s ability to socialize with others, it causes him to have a hard time
DreamWorks Studios has created two great films portraying the Caregiver archetype. Gru, from Despicable Me, and Sully, from Monsters Inc., fit into this archetype. Throughout challenges and mishaps, they adapt. The audience feels love whilst watching these films. Formerly, Gru was a reluctant father, who used children for selfish purposes. Despite being inhospitable and resisting, Gru opened his heart to repay their love. A book he wrote contained a quote, “Three little kittens who changed his heart.” Moreover, he aspired to protect the girls, which meant sacrifices. Such sacrifices include the moon he had stolen. Similarly, Sully overcame his fear of children. Sully would praise Boo, encouraging her to stay strong during hardships. These praises
Antwone Fisher was an individual that endured so many things. He faced a lot of challenges that may have seemed impossible to recover from. This story was an example of the many things that some children may experience. Antwone was not raised in an upper crust home. He did not grow up in a home in which his mother and father was present. Instead of having positive role models, he had to live with individuals that were abusive to him. When observing Antwone’s personality, one may refer to two different theorists such as Bandura and Rogers.
“The journey of the hero is about the courage to seek the depths; the image of creative rebirth; the eternal cycle of change within us; the uncanny discovery that the seeker is the mystery which the seeker seeks to know. The hero journey is a symbol that binds, in the original sense of the word, two distant ideas, and the spiritual quest of the ancients with the modern search for identity always the one, shape-shifting yet marvelously constant story that we find.” (Phil Cousineau) The Hero's Journey has been engaged in stories for an immemorial amount of time. These stories target typical connections that help us relate to ourselves as well as the “real world”.
A hero’s journey is an important aspect of any movie. Sports films give a good indication of how the hero’s journey is trying to be portrayed. In the movie “The Rookie” is a 2002 film starring Dennis Quaid as Jim Morris who is a small town teacher finds himself playing baseball for the Tampa Bay Devil Rays farm system after an open tryout. Directors go through the journey closely isolate each particular aspect giving clear indication from one transition to the next.
In the beginning stanza the speaker uses various metaphors to compare the father to a “cowboy,” a “sugar man,” and a “teamster.” These series of images create an image cluster word bank that relate to an older world. The professions of being a cowboy or a being sugar man have no use in modern societies today and “a teamster” is an outdated way to compliment someone. Also in common, all of the metaphors in the first paragraph compare the speaker’s father to people who benefit their environment and people that are generally favored by their community. The fo...
The word hero as defined as an “individual who has the courage of conviction to perform feats that benefit the general populace, acts as a soldier of virtue, and has an altruistic spirit that urges him or her to act against evil and defend the greater good at all costs, even sacrificing his own well-being or life.” (Harrison 2). Although heroes can come in any shape and size they are commonly found in stories we read, movies we watch, or people we look up to. We do not think about it much but even our own life is made up of many hero’s journeys. We never realize that our hardships and how we overcome them is exactly what a Hero’s Journey is about and why we relate to and enjoy these stories so much. I will be going into the depths of a Hero’s
Joseph Campbell defines a hero as “someone who has given his or her life to something bigger than oneself ” (Moyers 1). The Hero’s Journey consists of three major parts: the separation, the initiation and the return. Throughout a character’s journey, they must complete a physical or spiritual deed. A physical deed involves performing a daunting and courageous act that preserves the well-being of another person. A spiritual deed calls for action that improves another individual’s state of mind. While fulfilling their journey, a hero must undergo a psychological change that involves experiencing a transformation from immaturity into independence and sophistication.Campbell states that these events are what ultimately guides a hero into completing
Joseph Campbell studied ancient greek mythology for many years. Joseph filled each stage of the journey very well. He accepted all the challenges he got and all the help he needed. He really knew how to fulfill all those stages. Like everyone goes through a heroic journey everyone has to have a story to tell. My story is very contrasty from Joseph’s because he really knew what all the stages meant. My hero's journey consists of my threshold crossing which was when I started depending on myself more than I did on others, my helpers/mentors like my parents, teachers,my sister and many more influential people in my life and my rewards were getting awards in school, having a nice family, and many friends.
When I think about the steps of The Hero's Journey, I think back to myself; Am I on my own Hero’s Journey as I type this essay? A hero's journey comes in steps which are the Normal World, Call to Adventure, Refusal of the call, Mentor, Start the journey,Tests, Allies, Supreme ordeal, and lastly the Resolution. I'm going to take you through the steps in my own hero's journey. My Normal World was my mother and stepfather having a weird yet happy relationship. I remember the good times and the bad ones, it still leaves chills in my bones when I think back. My family has always been crazy, we’re always really good, then we fight, everyone stops talking for two weeks then the cycle begins all over again. That is still my Normal world. But Let us take a look at Joseph Campbell (1904-1987) who was recognized worldwide as a mythologist, also working with comparative religion too. One of his many books, The Hero with a Thousand Faces, which has sold over a million copies and translated into twenty languages. Campbells concept, also called the monomyth, details on how all stories, fiction or nonfiction, follow a certain pattern. My call to adventure in my opinion is me choosing to go to college, with my mom being a single mother at 14; she never had a chance because in reality she had responsibilities. That is why I felt
The Hero’s Journey is a pattern of narrative that appears in novels, storytelling, myth, and religious ritual. It was first identified by the American scholar Joseph Campbell in his book A Hero with Thousand Faces. Campbell also discussed this pattern in his interview to Bill Moyers which was later published as a book The Power of Myths. This pattern describes the typical adventure of the archetype known as The Hero, the person who goes out and achieves great deeds. Campbell detailed many stages in the Hero’s Journey, but he also summarized the pattern in three fundamental phases: Separation, Ordeal, and Return that all heroes, in spite of their sex, age, culture, or religion, have to overcome in order to reach the goal. Alice in Wonderland, written by Lewis Carroll, provides a good example of the Hero's Journey. This story describes the adventures of Alice, a young English girl, in Wonderland. Although she lacks some of the stages identified by Campbell, she still possesses many of them that are necessary for a Hero to be considered a Hero.
For example, “This is what it's like to have a hero as a step Dad” (French 2006, p. 44). The noun “hero”, means someone that commits good deeds for other people. He says this due to the fact that his dad saves the village and others lives. He shows more internal emotional feelings towards his step-father. “But Lulach hated him the man who had taken his fathers place” (French 2006, p. 30).