You have spent time highlighting the main ideas in the descriptions of the character archetypes, and found examples of them in classic and contemporary texts. You have extended your ideas to think symbolically about these descriptors to create your Tarot Cards, and you have completed a presentation about heroes throughout history.
This week, I want you to examine the possible character archetypes you might have found in the novels you have been reading this year.
YOUR POST THIS WEEK: Select one of the characters you have met through your reading, and identify the archetype he or she is most like. Describe how he/she exemplifies the archetypal characteristics listed on your handout.
If you find that the character you select shares some qualities of an archetypal character, but generally is very different from the definition you have been given, you may also wish to discuss how the character is atypical of the archetypal characteristics.
PROVE IT: Incorporate at least one well chosen excerpt (direct quote) from the novel to help support the ideas in your comparison.
Remember to begin your post by introducing the book source and the author by title and name and properly citing this source following your direct quotation (Author, Title page). Feel free to include a cover image or other image that will help your audience understand the connections you have made to character archetypes.
A student sample is below:
A student sample is below:
Vanishing Acts by Jodi Picoult
I believe that the character Andrew Hopkins in this story is a a shape shifter. “You make yourself strong because it's expected of you. You become confident because someone beside you is unsure. You turn into the person others need you to be.” (Picoult 36) This line perfectly describes him because when his daughter Delia was 4 years old, he kidnapped her. Andrew was divorced to his wife Elise, but Elise had full custody of Delia. Elise was an alcoholic; however, and Andrew couldn't think of any other way to get his daughter out of that environment than to just take her and leave. So he left Arizona and drove to New Hampshire where he completely changed both of their identities and lived a full life with this secret, until 28 years later when the police find him, and he is sent back to Arizona to face trial. Both Delia and Andrew have to come back to who they're true identities are. Not only did Andrew change his personal information, he also had to change his personality, for both his, and his daughter's safety in their new lives. This makes him a shapeshifter .
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