Christopher Vogler The Writers Journey
ordeals, he goes to apologize to his girlfriend for acting like a jerk. W h e n she asks
him to come inside for some breakfast, this time he finds he has an appetite. H i s
ability to eat is an outward sign of his inner change. T h i s actual change in behavior
is more dramatically effective than Conrad just saying he feels different, or someone
else noticing that he's grown and remarking on it. It communicates change on the
symbolic level, and affects the audience indirecdy but more powerfully than a blatant
statement. In a subtle way it gives a sense that a phase of his life is over, that a circle
has been closed, and a new one is about to begin.
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