- Did the character Monkey from Journey to the West answer his call and find his true purpose through Campbell’s Heroic Journey model or did he in fact fall back to his old self?
2. Does Bartleby have the trait of nobility like that of a tragic hero or does his story actually exemplify an anti- hero because of his lack of response to the issue at hand?
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s.domosi // Apr 20th 2017 at 8:37 am
Jacqueline’s first question about Money’s journey in reference to Cambell’s Heroic Journey is great for a thesis question because the writer can go into a deep discussion about every stage that Monkey goes through during the story. Different readers may have different opinions about answering this question as well, because the text can be interpreted and used to prove that Monkey has found his purpose in the story by serving Tripitaka, or the text can be used to disprove this.
As for Bartleby, I personally see him as an anti-hero because of his lack of action in the story, but Jacqueline’s question can be used well for an essay because it can be argued that he is a tragic hero as well. Answering either of these questions depends on how the writer wants to interpret the text.
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