Annotation 9

11/2/08

MLA:
Vogler, Christopher . The Writer's Journey : Mythic structure for writers . 3. Studio City, CA: Michael Wiese Productions, 2007.

Summery:
The eleventh stage in Voglars journey is the resurrection. This is also known as the climax of the story. It is the last part of the journey that is the meeting with death. The hero must undergo a purification before they are allowed to enter the ordinary world again. The hardest part of this part of the journey is that they must use what they have learned from the special world and apply it to the ordinary world. This choice is not only threatening to the hero but also to the ordinary world because what the hero learns will be applied to the world around him/her. The twelfth stage in Voglars journey is return with the elixir. This means the hero comes back with a gift from the special world. This gift posses a power that will help the ordinary world in some way. Their are two forms of story telling that are the most popular : circular and closed form. Circular means their is a sense of closer to the story. Closed form means that it returns to the beginning of the story.

Reaction:
The eleventh stage is like any big accomplishment in life. We must learn from our mistakes and apply them to life as a whole. This is the most important part of life because it helps us grow as human beings. Without this growth we would not learn or become mature. The twelfth step shows that after the gift is used to change the life of the hero others in the community make use of it to and learn from knowledge from the special world. This is the way culture is spread through story telling and every time the story is told a piece of knowledge of different culture is spread.

Questions:

1. Why is I important to learn from the battles in life and apply it to the rest of our lives?
   
2. What is the point of the story if the hero learns nothing from the journey?
   
3. What is the significance of the gift the hero brings back to the ordinary world?
   

Terms:

1. Catharsis- purifying emotional release, or an emotional breakthrough. 
   
2. Character arc- gradual stages of change in a character: the phrase and turning point of growth.
   
3. Denouement- a story that weaves each characters individual stories into one story at the end.