Christopher Vogler The Writers Journey
T h e lessons learned in Act Two (be laid back, relax, enjoy life,
don't stress out, be scoundrelly and a little gross, recognize love when you find i t )
don't prepare S i m b a for the O R D E A L he must ultimately face.
Meanwhile I felt there was more work for Rafiki to do in this story. I wanted
him to be more like Merlin, an experienced wise man who had perhaps been the
king's counselor at one time, who pretends to be crazy so he can appear harmless to
the usurper, and who is charged with looking after the young prince as he grows up
in obscurity, training h i m for the moment when he's ready to take his rightful throne.
I advocated weaving h i m into Act Two as a M E N T O R who accompanies Simba
into the SPECIAL W O R L D and does a M E N T O R ' S function — giving the hero
something needed to complete the journey and outface death. Rafiki was needed
to teach real survival lessons that T i m o n and Pumbaa failed to impart. I envisioned
annaabi.ee 
