Christopher Vogler The Writers Journey
his. I offered a range of possibilities. T i m o n and Pumbaa could teach him, he could
meet another lion to teach h i m survival skills, or Rafiki could appear to carry on
the teaching of Mufasa. I advocated creating a scene where Simba is truly tested, a
real O R D E A L in which he discovers his mature power in a battle with a crocodile, a
water buffalo, a leopard, or some other formidable foe.
T h e development of S i m b a from a scared little cub into a jaunty teen-aged
lion is handled too quickly, in m y opinion, with a few quick dissolves of him grow
ing older as he crosses a log bridge. A montage of scenes of h i m learning to hunt,
first comically and then with greater assurance, would have been more effective
storytelling. T i m o n and P u m b a a add much-needed comic relief to the story, but fail
to dramatize the stages of Simba's development, the individual lessons that he has
to learn
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