Christopher Vogler The Writers Journey
Waltons," Alfred in "Batman," James Earl Jones' CIA official in Patriot Games and The
Hunt for Red October, etc.
MULTIPLE M E N T O R S
A hero may be trained by a series of Mentors who teach specific skills. Hercules
is surely among the best trained of heroes, mentored by experts on wrestling, ar
chery, horsemanship, weapon-handling, boxing, wisdom, virtue, song, and music.
He even took a driver-training course in charioteering from one Mentor. All o f us
have learned from a series of Mentors, including parents, older brothers and sisters,
friends, lovers, teachers, bosses, co-workers, therapists, and other role models.
M u l t i p l e M e n t o r s m a y be needed to express different functions o f the
archetype. In the James Bond movies, 0 0 7 always returns to his h o m e base to
confer with his main W i s e O l d M a n or W o m a n , the spymaster " M " who gives
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