“Role perceptions of foster care in African American kinship and non-kinship foster parents: A quantitative analysis” is precise and short clearly outlining the purpose of the study hence meeting the requirement of research articles titles that they should be brief and precise. This allows the reader to clearly understand what the research is about avoiding […]
“When we quit thinking about ourselves and our own self-preservation, we undergo a truly heroic transformation of consciousness”, said Joseph Campbell. The Kite Runner, written by Khaled Hosseini, is a story of an Afghan boy who has to go through many trials and suffering in order to make up for his sins. The main character Amir […]
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Get startedThe Medieval romances are fond of using conventions that are often stereotypical of day-to-day living especially in the realm of romance and upholding virtues. These associative scenarios usually make it a familiar experience for the readers or audiences. According to Joseph Campbell, The Hero’s Journey is an identification of the pattern common with medieval romances. Sir […]
The tale of Hamlet carries on its legendary back many dynamic characters, however none of them develop as much or change as much as the character of Hamlet himself. Hamlet is a story written by William Shakespeare about a prince named Hamlet trying to get revenge for his father’s death. In this story the character of […]
Dreams and the Hero’s Journey The book All the Pretty Horses by Cormac McCarthy follows the boy, John Grady, throughout his travels in Mexico. The story is a bildungsroman, or a story about a hero who matures with the experiences gained during the adventure to ultimately become a fully developed individual. The methods McCarthy uses […]
Often in myth, the audience will watch a character undergo a miraculous series of challenges or events in a “quest” like fashion. This is known as a hero quest myth. These hero quest myths however, no matter the date they were written, or culture from which they came, hero quest myths often have parallel underlying themes, […]
Fate: The Impetus Behind the Protagonist’s Journey Commonplace in literature, especially in epic poems, the protagonist is bound by an assured fate. This theme of fate and prophecy is used by authors to foreshadow later events. Fate, in both the Odyssey and the Aeneid, was the supernatural force that drove the heroes destiny whether or […]
Ray Bradbury’s Fahrenheit 451 is a dystopian novel set in a future where books are outlawed and any that are found are burned by firemen. Guy Montag, one of these firemen, meets a seventeen-year-old girl named Clarisse McClellan who causes him to question society and become increasingly dissatisfied with his life. This drives him to steal […]
No Man Can Walk Out of His Own Story Gore Verbinski’s animated film, Rango, portrays a chameleon who accidently winds up in the Las Vegas desert after being thrown from the back of his owner’s automobile, and becomes the desperate needed sheriff in the town Dirt. The main character, Rango, demonstrates Joseph Campbell’s monomyth of a hero’s […]
The story of Harry Potter begins as Harry Potter is about to celebrate his eleventh birthday. All of his other birthdays have come and gone rather plainly and uneventful. The Durselys whom he lives with have never given Harry a birthday present and constantly abuse Harry both physically and mentally. Harry begins to receive mysterious […]
In the novel The Outsiders by SE. Hinton, Ponyboy discovers that Greasers and Socs are not as stereotypical as the Greasers think, and that each are unique people with varied interests. The heroes’ journey is a framework upon which all stories dating back to Greek mythology follow, and the main character(s) embark upon. This journey […]
What Makes a Hero This year in British Literature, heroes and antiheroes have been a consistent and central theme. Starting with Winston Smith acting as an antihero in the novel 1984 by George Orwell, then to various other stories with heroes and antiheroes. The classic heroic character was introduced through the epic poem, Beowulf, in […]
Superman vs. Gandhi: An Analysis of Heroic Literature What are some characteristics that heroes in your life possess? Most would say undeniable strength, a kind heart, and a chiseled jaw. However, unfortunately, not all men with these features can really save us. In order to identify true heroes in our lives, we need to identify […]
In the Land of Heroes: A Comparison of Greek and American Mythology Throughout every generation in every culture there is an apparent connection that continues to tie the human race together. From the beginning of time story telling has been a way for humanity to explain different subject matters, metaphors, events, and even religion. Often […]
Is it possible that stories from all around the world follow a certain pattern? According to Joseph Campbell, it is. He is an American scholar who identified and described a pattern of narrative that appears in storytelling, religion, myth, drama, and psychological development called the “Hero’s Journey.” There are around 10-17 stages to the monomyth, […]
In Smoke Signals, Thomas and Victor fulfill each part of the Hero’s Journey, from “The Ordinary World” to “Return with the Elixir”. For instance, Suzie Song acts as the maiden presenting the heroes with gifts as their reward at the end of their journey. Their first journey is to Phoenix to retrieve Arnold Joseph’s […]
People deal with personas every day. They are the masks strapped so tightly on the faces of colleagues and the self that offer a different surface-level interpretation of character. Whether these personas are put on to impress or to hide the truth, people are prone to pursue an idyllic model of excellence when they put on […]
In the novel Fight Club, Chuck Palahniuk explores the very real crisis of men: what makes a man? Through the very real representation of the narrator’s opposite side, Tyler Durden, we see what men feel pressured to be; the alpha male. Men can’t feel things, never mind show them. Men are expected to behave, dress and […]
A Quick Summary The wildly popular 1999 film, Fight Club, is one who’s plot is the result of and driven by the mental illness of the unnamed protagonist/narrator. The film begins with the protagonist leading a decidedly average life, one he subconsciously finds unfulfilling and restrictive. His subliminal anguish leaves him with a debilitating case […]
David G. Meyers defines a psychological disorder in the textbook Exploring Phycology 9th edition as a disruption to an individual’s biological, psychological, and social-cultural influences. Not to be confused with sicknesses, a psychological disorder can be caused from early childhood traumas. Dissociative identity disorder is defined as a coping mechanism to an individual’s problematic lifestyle. […]
I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life, and see if I could not learn what it had to teach, and not, when I came to die, discover that I had not lived. -Henry David Thoreau, Walden David Fincher’s Fight Club is a critique […]
Abstract Dissociative Identity Disorder, previously known as multiple personality disorder, is a unique disorder where the individual suffers from a split personality. Symptoms can include insomnia, anxiety, mood swings and a dissociated identity or split personalities (Web MD 2014). The movie Fight Club is an exclusive movie that includes a character living a dull life, […]
Through the main character’s power struggle and dissociative identity disorder with Tyler Durden we see the reoccurring theme of existentialism as the narrator battles his subconscious and rebels against society. The author impressively uses syntax and a handful of flashbacks to communicate the story’s message. An existentialist is someone who believes that they can determine […]
In Chuck Palahniuk’s book, Fight Club, two social classes, the working class and the multi-billion corporations, were displayed throughout the book that caused mayhem between the two within society. The two social classes cannot work together due fact of their economic status, but even if one social class was being sabotaged, threatened, or mistreated the two […]
Musician and blogger Cameron Harwick once wrote that “Man is an undoubtedly social being. Nearly everything he does is in regard to another human being”. The insight touches on the theme of “group instinct”, connecting it to Chuck Palahniuk’s novel Fight Club. At the heart of Fight Club is the question: Who am I? Fight […]
Various works in literature have been written for the sake of giving the readers a “great read” and others teaching life’s lessons. One can agree that when a book can be great, it can lack substance and brains. And on the other hand; a book can be dull and bland but be composed of stories, facts […]
As a member of my generation, I’ve heard the phrase “The first rule of fight club is, don’t talk about fight club”. That quote is about the only thing I knew about the movie “Fight Club”, other than the fact that it starred Brad Pitt. Naturally, when starting the film, I was expecting two hours of […]
Liminality is the transitional period or phase of a rite of passage, during which the participant is in between two stages of life; adulthood and adolescence. Liminal space can be the struggle between a physical and physiological stage in one’s life. In the film Fight Club, the main character Tyler and Robert Paulsen are both occupying […]
Fight Club was released in 1999 and received polarizing reviews upon early inspection. Like other cult movies, it didn’t receive acclaim from critics and viewers until further analysis years after its release. Many fan theories have elevated the movie’s cultural and social significance. One of the most interesting fan theories is that Tyler Durden is […]
I am Robinson Crusoe’s wasted life: The Comparison of Fight Club and Robinson Crusoe regarding the theme of self-Fulfilment. When asked, most people would say that money is not the important aspect of life. In the case of self-fulfillment, this is a very true case. Money alone, after-all, can not bring a feeling of self-fulfillment to someone. […]
