Archetype In Things Fall Apart

Utopia, according to Google, is defined as an imagined place or state of things in which everything is perfect. The biggest concept to understand as a person analyzing literature is that a utopia cannot ever exist, there is always going to be flaws and they will often be destructive. In Brave New World, Aldous Huxley uses the utopian society archetype to show that the citizens give up their identity and give into conformity. Through this, Huxley reveals that in any society we assimilate to the social norm of society to be happy, thus compromising our identity for happiness.

Dark forests are examples of archetypes because in most books,movies and other texts they show/symbolize darkness or unknown.

In the work of literature “The Siren Song,” we notice a variety of archetypes, despite the lack of characters. An archetype is a recurrent symbol or motif in literature, art, or mythology.

Epictetus said, “It’s not what happens to you, but how you react to it that matters.” William Faulkner explored this idea, among others, in his novel, As I Lay Dying, which follows the Bundren family on their trek to Jefferson. Michael Arndt’s screenplay, Little Miss Sunshine, explores similar themes and follows the Hoover family on their road trip to California. In both cases, everything during the journey goes wrong which tests the relationships of the family members.

Ta-Nehisi Coates had one clear purpose in writing this novel, Between the World and Me: to teach his son what it means to be a black man. He shows him the fear that young black men feel, the history of slavery and black oppression, as well as his own personal experiences with being influenced by Malcolm X. He also shares with him the joy he feels about getting an education and learning of more ways to be black. He also shared with him the story of Prince Jones’ murder and how his mother’s pride in her son after his death was so important. In this novel, Coates uses the archetype of the journey and the teacher to further his message and bring life to his work.

In the book, Freak The Mighty, by Rodman Philbrick, Kevin demonstrates the International Baccalaureate Learner profile trait of an inquirer. For example, when Max asks what “archetype” means, Kevin pulls out a dictionary out of his knapsack and tells Max to look it up. “ I go, ‘What’s an archetype?’ and Freak sighs and shakes his head and reaches into his knapsack for his dictionary … and I’m looking for words underlined with red ink because that’s what Freak does the first time he looks up a word he makes a line under it ... there are whole pages like that” (45-46). Therefore, this shows that Kevin is an inquirer because Kevin is showing his compassion for academically learning words through the dictionary. In other words, Kevin’s curiosity

The first archetype that is introduced in the very beginning of the book and continues to effect the plotline is soma and its color. Within the book, soma is seen as a drug that is given out by the world state in order to keep control. Although it is only strawberry ice cream, it is believed to be a drug that can calm and distract the society. It is not so much the soma that is the archetype but the color of the soma; the color pink is made up by mixing red and white. The color red is seen as a intense color that represents danger, anger and passion.

George Lucas’ Star Wars “A New Hope” is an award winning film that graced the silver screen in 1977. Star Wars: A New Hope (New Hope) conforms to Joseph Campbell’s Hero’s Journey. “George Lucas was an avid admirer of Joseph Campbell’s writings, and used them as a direct reference in his creation of Star Wars.” There is also a great deal of the Jungian framework that presents itself in a New Hope. A good number of archetypes are present in the film.

2. Looking at the candle before me, it was hard to imagine that it was made from the tallow of a sheep.

Escape from civilization is quite a common theme throughout American literature and cinematography. Among numerous examples, one should pay particular attention to Jon Krauker’s writing Into the Wild that is based on the real life of Christopher McCandless, who was an energetic life explorer. The reasons for the human conscious choice to leave the habitual environment and society can differ. According to a Swiss psychiatrist Carl Jung, such choice is predetermined by the deeply underlying set of needs and convictions that can let one distinguish between various archetypes. Although McCandless obviously had everything to live a great life in the civilized world, happiness meant something different for

An archetypal journey is a journey that someone goes on to find something bigger and better. Many stories are told as an archetypal journey. It is a way to keep a story on track with a focus and a meaning for it. It is a way to show the reader how a group of people can change from on simple journey or experience. For example, the story As I Lay Dying written by William Faulkner is a story about how a family is trying to get their mother to Jefferson in order to bury her. They go through many different challenges and end up learning more about themselves than they would have ever imagined. It is similar to the movie Little Miss Sunshine written by Michael Arndt. This movie is a good interpretation of a modern version of an archetypal journey

Okonkwo has three wives, who are the primary female figures in Things Fall Apart. His three wives each hold varying roles of importance in the household just as they do in the novel. The characterization of Ekwefi, Okonkwo's second wife, almost seems insignificant to one reading from a patriarchal standpoint, but when reevaluated, one will find that she is a well of knowledge, love, and fierce independence. Although she was married to another

Archetype refers to a generic version of a personality. Archetypes are continually present in folklore and literature for thousands of years, including prehistoric artwork. The identification of archetypes in literature is to primarily find the behaviors and characteristics of the main protagonist, it is important to discover the ambiguity of how the traits change and develop throughout the rising

Once there was a woman who told a story. However, she had more than just an entertaining tale to tell. She chose common images that everyone would understand, and she wrapped her story around them, and in this way she was able to teach the people . . .

Achebe first uses the archetype of the garden to challenge the traditional male role of planting yams. For example, in the book, it states that man should be very powerful and one way that men show their manliness is by always having yams to harvest. One of the quotes in the book states, “Yam stood for manliness, and he who could feed his family on yams from one harvest to another was a very great man indeed” (Achebe 33). Achebe is letting us know that in, Umuofia, yams stand for “strong men.” In this tribe, if men cannot farm or plant yams then they are considered less manly than the other men. This quote is relevant because now I can understand how the men in this book feel. If men had to ask for someone to take care of their yams then