If you have enjoyed Huckleberry Finn, Raft of Stars, The Lincoln Highway or Where the Crawdads Sing, you’ll probably enjoy this story of Odie O’Bannion, his brother, and two friends who journey on rivers to escape and grow up.
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A Christmas Carol – The Passage of Time Problem
I read this wonderful little book every couple of years in the run up to Christmas. Scrooge’s reclamation never fails to bring me a bit of cheer and hope that things aren’t really as bad as they seem. In 2016 I had the realization that A Christmas Carol is a classic hero journey (as described by Joseph Campbell). I’ve always been troubled by the passage of time in this story and decided to pay more attention to that this year and now understand the time problem when set in the hero’s journey framework.
A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens
When I was young I shied away from this story because I thought I knew it all from the movies and I thought Tiny Tim was sappy. But for the past couple of decades I have re-read this beautiful little book almost every Christmas and everytime I come away with a new insight; sometimes small, sometimes big.
It’s not too late to read it for Christmas this year. It’s a short book and can easily be read in an evening. When our kids were young we read it a once or twice in the lead up to Christmas; reading 1 chapter a night. The kids are all grown up now so I read it on my own.
It’s A Wonderful Life: A hero Journey
We went to see The Last Jedi Friday afternoon; as I was watching yet another scene of the star ships bombing the resistance I got to wondering: is The Last Jedi a hero journey? I decided there are elements but not in its entirety. Then It’s a Wonderful Life just popped in my head. WHAT?… Continue reading It’s A Wonderful Life: A hero Journey
A Christmas Carol – A Hero Journey
Many years I read A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens during the run up to Christmas. Search for it here on my blog and you’ll find references to my write ups on the story. In the past I’ve seen it as a wonderful story of redemption – which it is – letting us know it is… Continue reading A Christmas Carol – A Hero Journey
