Saline, Michigan: Mcnaught & Gunn 2007 49-79
threshhold guardian, herald, shapeshifter, shadow, ally, and trickster.
Summing up the archetypes, heroes, and mentors is damn hard. In the chapter about archetypes, the key thing that stood out to me was everyone follows those guide lines. Whether it is consciously or subconsciously those rules are always followed. Another interesting informational tidbit from archetypes is that every story teller has at least one of these archetypes in their story; hero, mentor, threshold guardian, herald, shapeshifter, shadow, ally, and/or trickster. These characters play such an important role, they help mold the main character. In the hero part, the hero can either be willing or unwilling, meaning, the hero can either be hyped up about saving people or he can be like a lump on a log like Shrek, who saved all the fairy tale creatures even though he didn’t want to, he just wanted his swamp/home back. A hero can also be the subdominant character, wheras the mentor or sidekick be the lead. Lastly is the mentor part of the reading. Mentors can pretty much be anyone, but most of the time they’re characterized as being old and sometimes even mysterious. Major creepers. But even though these old codgers are weird or deformed even, they give really good advice, and great presents!!! Also mentors can be willing or unwilling just like heroes.
In reaction to the text that I was willingly reading, the different types of characters that show up in every story I thought was very interesting. Next time I’m reading a book or watching a movie I’ll make sure to watch out for it. I especially liked the mention of baba yaga, that’s probably my favorite Russian character. I even see who the mentors are in my life now knowing that they can be willing or unwilling and can be shape shifters. Almost everyone in your life can be associated with a character in Voglers text. For example, my brothers would be my mentors, my dad would be the anti-hero and my mom would be my shaman. Whether the role big or small everyone has one.
Why are some of the characters able to become shape shifters?
What are some dangers that mentors face?
What does the mentor get out of helping the hero complete and succeed in their task?
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