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Christopher Vogler The Writers Journey

328  POLARITY A AND Z RETURN TO NATURAL COMFORT ZONES, BUT CLOSER TO THE CENTER, WITH EXPANDED POSSIBILITIES ALLOWING EXPERIENCE OF BOTH SIDES OF THE POLARITY. In the process, the character and the audience get to experience all points along the spectrum, both the extremes and a range of positions in between. In most cases it's not desirable or realistic to end up exacdy in the middle of the two posi­ tions. M o s t stories end with the characters back more or less on the side of the polarity where they started, but several steps closer to the center and the opposite side. T h e characters' range of possible behavior now avoids the extreme positions and overlaps a little into the territory of the opposite side, producing a more balanced personality that leaves room for the formerly unexpressed quality. T h i s is a good