ENGL-UA 708 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Diesis, Spose, Apostasy
Document Summary
The hero"s journey is a set of steps the archetypical hero goes on. Black swan green by david mitchell, we explore 13 months of the life of a 13 year old boy, jason taylor. In one of the later chapters, jason nds the wallet of ross wilcox, a tormentor of his. Jason keeps the wallet for a short while, pondering whether or not he should give it to ross. After a few hours, he gives ross the wallet and, because of that, Ross ends up in an accident that severs his leg. Ross"s accident is a representation of the apostasis because of its timing and because it"s when a character important in. Jason"s journey is taken away and sets jason back on his journey for the ultimate. Prior to ross"s accident, jason faced the temptation and the atonement with the father. In jason"s case, the temptation is the wallet.
