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Christopher Vogler The Writers Journey

247  T H E W R I T E R ' S JOURNEY ~ T H I R D EDITION Christopher Vogler fools, and is a scathing depiction of the follies of its time. It was widely translated and adapted into books and plays. T h e Ship of Fools is an allegory, a story in which all the conditions of life and levels of society are lampooned savagely in the situation of a boatful of pathetic passengers. It is a sardonic tale, harshly depicting the flaws in the people and social systems of its time. Titanic goes in for broad-brush social criticism as well, portraying the rich and powerful as foolish monsters, and the poor as their noble but helpless victims. T h e exceptions are Jack, who is poor but not helpless, and M o l l y Brown, who is rich but not monstrous. She is the nouveau riche American who rose from the same level as