In this weeks reading by Vogler, he begins his discussion about archatypes. The meaning of the term archatype as described by Carl Jung says that the word reffers to “ancient pattern s of personality , that are shared by the human race. Jung goes on to say that he believes that all archatypes share a collective unconcious , much like the human unconcious, thefore the stories of a culture are similar to the collective dreams of a society.” Vogler goes on to point out that the archatypes knows no bounderies , it transends the consept of time. Archatypes are present in stories throughout the world, and will continue to be a neccesary element of story telling for generations to come. The first archatype that Vogler adresses is the Hero , a character willing to sacrifice for the good of others , or the betterment of humanity. Throughout the chapter he devides the Hero into many different facets, including their physiological functions; transending the ego, toaudience identification, how the audience identifies with the hero. Growth , how the hero learns from his experiences. The action of the hero , how his actions motivate the story. The hero's ability to sacrifice, one of the major makers of a hero. He goes on to describe many other types and variations of hero's. 

Vogler depicts several different types of hero's in this reading, we know that the Hero in the story is someone who sacrifices for the good of others, overcome's their ego , and is a charcter that experiences  growth and learns from his experiences. Does a story have just one hero, or could their be several different hero's in a story? I bring up this question because Vogler describes so many different types of hero's within the reading, and I know that the Hero character can be a combination of these types , but can their ever be two hero's working together? 

 Throughout the reading I kept reflecting back on the statement  found in the section about the Group oriented Hero I found it interesting that when it comes time for the Hero to choose to return to his ordinary life , or stay in his fantasy world , that the Hero's disison is often based on the cultural significance of the story. In Western Culture the Hero typically chooses to go back to his family or community. But in other cultures the outcome is not the same. In other cultures such as Asia and India the Hero typically chooses to stay in their fantasy world in lue of reterning to reality. 

1. Vogler describes the hero as someone who is willing to sacrifice for the good of others, someone experiences personal growth, and learns from their experiences. I tend to think of a hero in this same manner. However, I also think that a Hero is someone who can break away from the mold, and go off to experience unfound territory, someone who breaks away from the constraits of society and has the courage to follow their dreams. In this way I don't think that all hero's necessarly have to fit into this mold of abandoning the ego , because it takes a lot of ego to go against the main stream culture or society.

2. Can their ever be more than one hero in a story?

3. In western culture the hero typically returns back to the ordinary world to live with his community or family. In other cultures however, the hero often chooses to stay in the Fantasy World.. Why? What does this say about the values of each culture?