Sunday, March 1, 2009

  • In this weeks reading of Vogler, we discussed the next part of his book which talked about the heroes refusal of the call and the meeting with the mentor. The refusal of the call is when the hero isn't sure about the task that is presented in front of him, it shows that what is coming in the story is a simple mundane task and and it poses a real challenge to the hero. Vogler discusses how a hero is usually unsure at first whether to accept the call but in the end almost always usually does. whereas we have constantly discussed the role of the mentor in class and he/she seems to be one of favorite archetypes. we all know that the mentor can be any person. regardless of gender, age of whether they are even human. however most mentors provide guidance advice and a path for the hero to follow.
  • When we consider this section if voglers reading to what we discussed in class if we consider Gregor as a hero he is certainly the victimized hero. Since i read the whole book by mistake Gregor is certainly a hero because he sacrifices himself for his family. (voglers definition) As for refusal to call i don't know if Gregor ever experiences that and i certain he has no mentor because no one helps him deal with what has happened to him.
  • Reaction wise i enjoyed finally getting to read about the mentor in big details because this role has certainly been a big part of discussion throughout our time reading vogler. It is always apparent if not clear that whilst reading a book or watching a movie that a mentor is present, we as an audience now just need to be able to identify the different archetypes including mentor.
  1. Who in thier own story experianced a refusal to the call?
  2. What was everyone's mentor in their stories?
  3. What our peoples favorite mentors out of films?

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