Annotated Bibliography - Pages 49-80

Works Cited;
Vogler, Christopher, and Michele Montez. The Writer's Journey : Mythic Structure for Writers. Boston: Michael Wiese Productions, 2007. 49-80.


Summery;
This reading was the end of section one in the book. It took an in depth look at the remaining archetypes commonly stumbled upon in the world of story, therefore the section has now covered every common character and therefore has prepares us, the reader, to proceed through the storyline structure that we talked about after the initial reading, however we can now relate these archetypes to our understanding of structure far more easily.
The archetypes included the Threshold Guardian, The Herald, The Shapeshifter, The Shadow, The Ally and The Trickster. These archetypes join both The Mentor and of course The Hero to complete our list of Archetypes.


Reaction;
I feel that after reading section one I have a clear understanding as to both, the common structures within a story and also the characters. I realise that all can take slightly different forms and have a large amount of flexibility, which provides unlimited possibilities as to where a story and its characters may end up.
I was particularly intrigued by the psychological function of the Shapeshifter, expressing the energies of the animus, which is Carl Jung’s explanation for the male element in the female unconscious and dreams and anima is the corresponding female elements in the male. This was a concept I had never heard of before and founded it very interesting when thinking about it. Indeed, as the book says, from an early age we are encouraged to hide our opposing feelings in order to be “macho” or “lady like”. The fact that we confront our anima or animus in our dreams and the forms they take I think is fascinating.


Questions;
1. Think about some common characters that fit the description of the new archetypes?
2. As a society generally we are encouraged to hide our feelings of the opposite sex, do you think this is a social problem?
3. Within the story of your life, do you have any of these archetypes that you would like to share?