My thesis for this portfolio is: when analyzing the book, Into Thin Air by Jon Krakauer, from an archetypal perspective, it becomes clear that it follows the situational archetype of ‘the fall’. This, by extension, warns readers of the consequences of hubris and trying to tame that which humans never had control over: nature. I …
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Click here for the synopsis. The fascinating thing about literature– you see– is how a story and its message can change depending on what perspective you take while reading it. For instance, my first blog post about Into Thin Air (by Jon Krakauer) was an analysis of the story after I had read it from …
Just in case you didn’t read my last post, the book I chose to read was Into Thin Air by Jon Krakauer (click here for the synopsis). When I began reading this book, I naively assumed that it wouldn’t be hard to assign character archetypes to the characters in the novel. After all, characters in …
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