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Archetypes--Part II:The Beginning of the

Journey

by Don L. F. Nilsenand Alleen Pace Nilsen

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STAGE 1The Innocent

The Orphan

The Warrior

The Caregiver

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THE INNOCENTThe Innocent moves from an unquestioning

acceptance of the environment through experiencing disillusionment (fall) to a return to Paradise as a wise innocent.

EXAMPLES: Brady Bunch, Forrest Gump, Bambi, Gomez Adams, Leo the Late Bloomer, The Little Mermaid, Pinocchio

Junex vs. Senex

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Three Universal Innocents:Alice, Peter, and Dorothy

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Scout and Atticus: Junex and Senex:Is Go Set a Watchman a Prequel, a Sequel,

or a Rejected First Draft?

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Roald Dahl:Junex vs. Senex on Steroids

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The Innocent or the Fool• “Smart”• “Sour Face Ann”• “Something Missing

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An Innocent (and the Orphan)in London, England

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Smart

My dad gave me one dollar bill‘Cause I’m his smartest son,And I swapped it for two shiny quarters‘Cause two is more than one!

And then I took the quartersAnd traded them to LouFor three dimes—I guess he don’t knowThat three is more than two!

Just then, along came old blind BatesAnd just ‘cause he can’t seeHe gave me four nickles for my three dimes,And four is more than three!

And I took the nickels to Hiram CoombsDown at the seed-feed store,And the fool gave me five pennies for them,And five is more than four!

And then I went and showed my dad,And he got red in the cheeksAnd closed his eyes and shook his head—Too proud of me to speak!

Shel Silverstein’s Where the Sidewalk Ends, page 35

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Sour Face Ann

Sour Face Ann,

With your chin in your hand,

Haven’t you ever been pleased?

You used to complain

That you had no fur coat,

And now you complain of the fleas.

Shel Silverstein’s A Light in the Attic, page 90

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Something Missing

I remember I put on my socks,I remember I put on my shoes.I remember I put on my tieThat was paintedIn beautiful purples and blues.

I remember I put on my coat,To look perfectly grand at the dance,Yet I feel there is something missingI may have forgot—What is it? What is it?...

NOTE: And here the poem ends.

What is it? What is it? …That rhymes with “dance.”

Shel Silverstein’s A Light in the Attic, page 26

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Shadow Innocentvs. Innocent

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The Fool in Alvin Schwartz’sChin Music and in Shel Silverstein’s A Light in the Attic

Shaking

Geraldine now, stop shaking that cow

For heaven’s sake, for your sake and the cow’s sake.

That’s the dumbest way I’ve seen

To make a milk shake.

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The Innocent or Foolin Peggy Parish’s Amelia Bedelia Books

• She draws the drapes,

– Cuts the red tape,

– Helps someone run for president,

– Sews up an election,

– Gives someone her two cents,

– Plays music by ear, and

– Fiddles with a violin

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Another Innocent

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The Orphan or the Outsider

The Orphan moves from accepting pain and loss through accepting the need for help to becoming independent and working with others.

EXAMPLES: Charlie Brown, Cinderella, Dorothy in The Wizard of Oz, Huckleberry Finn, Frankenstein’s Monster, Maniac McGee, Oedipus, Harry Potter, Peter Rabbit, Dorothy

Books about Orphans: Handler’s Lemony Snicket, Hinton’s The Outsiders & Ibsen’s A Doll’s House

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Two More Orphans

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Ethnic Orphans or Outsiders

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And Three More

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THE WARRIORThe Warrior moves from fighting and cheating

simply for the sake of fighting to fighting within the rules for others and for what really matters on an unselfish level.

EXAMPLES: Batman, Lancelot, Ulysses, Joan of Arc, Jo in Little Women, Robin Hood, 3 Musketeers, Superman, Darth Vader

The Warrior: Andrew Wiggins (Ender), Katniss Everdeen & Joan of Arc

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More Warriors

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Bill Hader’s Spoof of Movies Coming from YA Literature:http://herocomplex.latimes.com/tv/snl-bill-hader-spoofs-hunger-games-divergent-maze-runner/

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Chris Kyle: American Sniper Chris said there are three kinds of men:SheepWolvesGuide Dogs

Chris thought he was a guide dog.

We think Chris was a cowboy.He was from Texas.He had been a cowboy.He was like the “cowboy” in Hurt Locker who disarmed bombs.

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Two Shadow Warriors

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THE CAREGIVERThe Caregiver moves from overcoming a conflict

between one’s own needs and those of others through empowering others (tough love), to a willingness to help beyond immediate family (a global level).

EXAMPLES: Gepetto in Pinnocchio, Holden Caulfield, The Giving Tree, Horton, “The Jewish Mother,” Mary Poppins, Pygmalion, Anne Sullivan, Mother Theresa, The Velveteen Rabbit

Three Caregivers:Florence Nightingale, Mother Teresa & Nuns on the Bus

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The Valkyries Who Carried the Valiant Dead Warriors to Val Halla

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Human Caregivers for Statues at a Seattle Bus Stop

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Two Shadow Caregivers

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Caregiver and Shadow Caregiver

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