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mari4212Why do frat boys have to exist?
Okay, not all of them, just the ones that think it's great fun to sing songs of loyalty to their fraternity outside my dorm at the top of their lungs. At three in the morning. The day I have an eight am test.
Speaking of that test, I think I did well on it. Our teacher learned from last time and shortened this test, and there weren't any questions that I had no clue how to answer. Considering I managed to get a B on that test once she curved to account for the missing questions, I'm rather optimistic about this one.
As I was getting ready for bed last night, I kept thinking about hero archetypes and which kinds I like and dislike.
Generalizing a bit here, I tend to notice three main types, with assorted hybrids between each.
The first one is the naive hero. The hero picked up from obscurity and sent out to save the day, a la the Joseph Campbell hero story. They tend to start out innocent, optimistic, and idealistic. How they end up is more variable, but they tend to return to where they came from, older and wiser, having fulfilled their destiny. I'd say that Luke Skywalker, Frodo, and possibly Harry are good examples of this archetype. I really have no strong opinions on these guys, good or ill, but they tend to not be the ones that draw my attention.
The next is the rebel. In my experience, he tends to be a bit more cocky, a bit worldly and rough around the edges. He doesn't conform, he doesn't do well with any authority figures, and he tends to be a bit more cynical. At the end of the story he tends to be the one who mellows, who finds an ideal or a group that appeals to him and works for that. Examples would be characters like Han Solo or Mal Reynolds. Of the three archetypes, this is the one that most consistantly annoys me. I almost never empathize with heroes of this nature, and I tend to lose interest in them easily.
The third is what I tend to call the dutiful soldier, although there are characters that fit this archetype who aren't soldiers. He's also more experienced than the naive hero, but not as cynical or cocky. He tends to be the one who knows what he's getting into, or thinks he does, but does it even knowing the consequences because it needs to be done. Examples would include characters like Obi-Wan Kenobi or Faramir. And as you've probably guessed, this is the archetype that most consistantly appeals to me.
Thoughts, comments, disagreements, random death threats?
Okay, not all of them, just the ones that think it's great fun to sing songs of loyalty to their fraternity outside my dorm at the top of their lungs. At three in the morning. The day I have an eight am test.
Speaking of that test, I think I did well on it. Our teacher learned from last time and shortened this test, and there weren't any questions that I had no clue how to answer. Considering I managed to get a B on that test once she curved to account for the missing questions, I'm rather optimistic about this one.
As I was getting ready for bed last night, I kept thinking about hero archetypes and which kinds I like and dislike.
Generalizing a bit here, I tend to notice three main types, with assorted hybrids between each.
The first one is the naive hero. The hero picked up from obscurity and sent out to save the day, a la the Joseph Campbell hero story. They tend to start out innocent, optimistic, and idealistic. How they end up is more variable, but they tend to return to where they came from, older and wiser, having fulfilled their destiny. I'd say that Luke Skywalker, Frodo, and possibly Harry are good examples of this archetype. I really have no strong opinions on these guys, good or ill, but they tend to not be the ones that draw my attention.
The next is the rebel. In my experience, he tends to be a bit more cocky, a bit worldly and rough around the edges. He doesn't conform, he doesn't do well with any authority figures, and he tends to be a bit more cynical. At the end of the story he tends to be the one who mellows, who finds an ideal or a group that appeals to him and works for that. Examples would be characters like Han Solo or Mal Reynolds. Of the three archetypes, this is the one that most consistantly annoys me. I almost never empathize with heroes of this nature, and I tend to lose interest in them easily.
The third is what I tend to call the dutiful soldier, although there are characters that fit this archetype who aren't soldiers. He's also more experienced than the naive hero, but not as cynical or cocky. He tends to be the one who knows what he's getting into, or thinks he does, but does it even knowing the consequences because it needs to be done. Examples would include characters like Obi-Wan Kenobi or Faramir. And as you've probably guessed, this is the archetype that most consistantly appeals to me.
Thoughts, comments, disagreements, random death threats?
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Date: 2006-11-10 07:58 pm (UTC)I've never really understood the appeal of the rebel, but then, I'm not really a person with rebellious tendencies in the first place. I guess the rebel character acts as a sort of outlet, allows us to vent our frustrations with the system in a safe manner.