"sidelined" - 1 õppematerjal

Christopher Vogler The Writers Journey

T h e y may be experiencing a crisis of faith in their calling. Perhaps they are dealing with the problems of aging and approaching the threshold of death, or have fallen from the hero's road. T h e hero needs the M e n t o r to pull himself together one more time, and there's serious doubt that he can do it. Tom H a n k s in A League of Their Own plays a former sports 44  MENTOR hero sidelined by injury and making a poor transition into Mentor-hood. H e has fallen far from grace, and the audience is rooting for him to straighten up and honor his task of helping the heroes. Such a M e n t o r may go through all the stages of a hero's journey, on his own path to redemption. CONTINUING MENTORS Mentors are useful for giving assignments and setting stories in motion. For this reason they are often written into the cast of continuing stories. Recurring Mentors include M r