Vogler, Christopher. “The Hero”, “The Archetypes”, and “The Mentor.” The Writer’s Journey.Saline, Michigan: Mcnaught & Gunn 2007 23-47
As Vogler states on page twenty-four “The concept of archetypes is an indispensible tool for understanding the purpose or function of a character in a story”. In saying this, Vogler is explaining archetypes and what they do for the story. Also Vogler is exploring as he was writing a story that his characters were not staying as normal characters but really changing. For example, a mentor would not always stay a mentor but change maybe into a shadow. Archetypes are classified as “personified symbols of various human qualities”. The next chapter that Vogler talks about Heroes. The Greek definition of a hero is to protect and to serve. In this chapter, Vogler outlines what is needed to be a hero, growth, action, sacrifice, dealing with death, and flaws in the character; Also giving anti-heroes, loner heroes, and catalyst heroes a shed of light. An anti-hero is a character going against the grain, not nessicarily a bad guy but deffinitly not a good guy. Loner heroes are those few that like to complete tasks on their own, without the help of others or side kicks. And lastly catalyst heroes are not normal heroes; normal heroes change themselves whereas catalyst heroes bring about changes in others.
In response to these chapters, Vogler has made a great explanation of what kinds of heroes there are and where the word came from. Also that even if a character is supposed to be solid and not change, the character will change nonetheless.
What other types of heroes do you think there are; if any?
Can these methods be put to the test in movies?
Which hero do you think most represents the heroes in the world?
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