Annotated Bibliography pgs 293-312

Vogler, Christopher, and Michele Montez. "The Archtypes." The Writer's Journey : Mythic Structure for Writers. Boston: Michael Wiese Productions, 2007 Pages 293 – 312


Summary;


In reflection to this reading I found some very interesting sections and the theories that Vogler talked about made a lot of sense to me, however there were also a few comparisons that I thought were slightly extreme. As we are at the stage of the reading where we are no longer looking at the stages of the hero’s journey but more the comparisons of this theory and its application to classic stories I feel it is harder to focus on the summery stage and more the reaction stage, therefore I am going to focus more on that section this week. The story that Vogler chose to reflect was Rumplestiltskin, and it was a story that raised many points of deliberation.


Reaction;

I was first intrigued by the section that talked about a stories survival value for the human species and how allowing us to think metaphorically was a big step in human evolution as we were able to accumulate wisdom. This is something I have never thought about before and certainly makes sense. I would never have related our initial stages as a creation to story, but when thought about it makes total sense. Without story and the understanding of the values and meaning of a story, people would not have been able to translate there thoughts and therefore never develop to the level we have.
The next section that I was intrigued by was that of the viewer’s relation to the character, and how we compare a character and a story to our own lives and also evaluate the way we live by our reflection and views of a specific story. This led me to compare films to my own life and it is true often ill idolize someone in a film and want to change in some way to act as heroically as they did, its like you take a piece of the character out of the cinema or book with you.
Overall the section led me to think about how much of an effect different characters and stories have had on me, and how I have taken millions of things with me and every time I leave the cinema I have learned something new.


Questions
1. Do you compare your own lives to those of characters? Who and how?
2. Is willing a more responsible thought than wishing?
3. I a film don’t fulfill your wishes as a viewer do you leave unfulfilled?