Archetypes--Part II: The Beginning of the Journey by Don L. F. Nilsen and Alleen Pace Nilsen

STAGE 1 The Innocent The Orphan The Warrior The Caregiver

THE INNOCENT The 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

Three Universal Innocents: Alice, Peter, and Dorothy

Scout and Atticus: Junex and Senex: Is Go Set a Watchman a Prequel, a Sequel, or a Rejected First Draft?

Roald Dahl: Junex vs. Senex on Steroids

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

An Innocent (and the Orphan) in London, England

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 quarters And traded them to Lou For three dimes—I guess he don’t know That three is more than two! Just then, along came old blind Bates And just ‘cause he can’t see He gave me four nickles for my three dimes, And four is more than three! And I took the nickels to Hiram Coombs Down 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 cheeks And closed his eyes and shook his head— Too proud of me to speak! Shel Silverstein’s Where the Sidewalk Ends, page 35

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

Something Missing I remember I put on my socks, I remember I put on my shoes. I remember I put on my tie That was painted In beautiful purples and blues. I remember I put on my coat, To look perfectly grand at the dance, Yet I feel there is something missing I 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

Shadow Innocent vs. Innocent

The Fool in Alvin Schwartz’s Chin 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. Page 18

The Innocent or Fool in 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

Another Innocent

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

Two More Orphans

Ethnic Orphans or Outsiders

And Three More

THE WARRIOR The 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

More Warriors

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

Chris Kyle: American Sniper Chris said there are three kinds of men: Sheep Wolves Guide 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.

Two Shadow Warriors

THE CAREGIVER The 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

The Valkyries Who Carried the Valiant Dead Warriors to Val Halla

Human Caregivers for Statues at a Seattle Bus Stop

Two Shadow Caregivers

Caregiver and Shadow Caregiver