This week we've seen the archetypes proposed by Joseph Campbell and also the 17 stages of his monomyth. As this week's assignment my classmates and I have to apply this concepts to our life.
Archetypes
- Hero: I don't consider me the hero but since I am the one telling the story from my perspective I can fulfill it by being the protagonist.
- Mentor: I haven't learned from an specific person, everything I've learn is a compilation of all the people which surrounds me and also from my environment, but, if I had to choose an specific person to fulfill this archetype, it would be my dad the one. Even I haven't learned particularly anything from him (talking about how to do certain stuff), he is the one who taught me most of my values and principles with the ones I have lived.
- Threshold guardian: Since this archetype represents a character which protects the Special world and its secrets from me, I don't think there is such thing, but, by the archetype's characteristics it could be fulfilled by God, but I'm not sure of believing in him and his existence.
- Herald: This archetype is represented in certain way by my mom. She is always asking the best of me and telling me about new challenges and new objectives I could accomplish. She also encourages to "keep going forward".
- Trickster and shapeshifter: This two archetypes fit perfectly to my sister. Most of the times, she tries to put my mom in a position in which she would be against me, but whenever she needs something from me, she would treat me in a different way, trying to gain my trust and therefore, obtain whatever she needs from me.
- Shadow: Even though I love my brother and I think he is one of the things that encourages me the most, I think he also fits into this archetype. This is because he representes some of the things I have always wanted but I've never been able to reach.
The hero's journey
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