2/15 RESPONSE

This weeks reading continued to describe more of the archetypes that were found in a hero's journey. It explained that a threshold guardian was a archetype that held the hero in the story from moving forward. They usually tested the heroes. Threshold guardians were either enemies of the hero or they are allies which the hero decides to make them. Next was a herald which always brought a message to a hero to show a change that was about to occur in the story. One of the most hard acrchetypes to distinguish was the shape shifter which was found in many romantic stories. they can be either people or ideas who change to extremes in the story. Further on in the reading vogler explained the shadow, which was deep secrets that are brought to light in a story. these are usually built up inside of the hero and may hold them back or actually may make a hero stronger. The last three were allies, tricksters and sidekicks. Allies in sidekicks can basically be in the same category. they both stay on the heroes side trying to make them succeed. The trickster is thrown in the mix of a story for comic relief.

This reading had shown a lot of keys points that could relate to my life. When i started to read the chapters these archetypes became so familiar. As i been living i have had many threshold guardians which have brought challenges to my school, basketball and social life. some became allies and some i had to handle in some kind of conflict. i over came most of them. Also Ive had a herald come to me and bring me a message that would change my life, like when i was accepted into college. i have also came across many shape shifters which have gave me some problem. these consisted of girlfriends, friends, and people that i have met throughout my life. There have been many shady characters that were out for me and gave me problems.I have also had allies and sidekicks since i was young. they have always been there for my well being and are still a big part of my life today. those are my real friends that i know have my back.

Voglers reading have shown me many things that connect to our writing class. I think that as students we have threshold guardians that come from actually finishing are homework and reading what is assigned in class. sometimes we get lazy and outside sources prevent us from focusing but we still have to find a way to get through it or we will fail. Also i think that in class as students we have became allies to each other. as we discuss the assigned reading we try to help each other further understand what the author is explaining in their texts. we are discussing in order to make the student next to you succeed. We also have a few tricksters in class who provide comic relief because sometimes class can get a bit to serious.

1. Of all the archetypes that we have read about which archetype shows up the most in today's world wars.
2. What was your worst threshold guardian in your life?
3. Who or what was your most important herald in life?
4. How can any of these archetypes connect to our class as a whole.