I thought all of the presentations were rather interesting. Some people put a lot of work into theirs, and most had at least a clear summary of the paper and an interesting visual aid. Overall I would consider them very successful.
One of the ones I was most drawn to was Matt Leagre’s presentation about V for Vendetta. I have read the graphic novel and seen the movie, and I love both of them. Matt did an excellent job putting together ideas from the book, and I liked his use of the movie clip, even if it does not exactly follow the end of the actual graphic novel. However, Matt’s presentation was also interesting because he discussed the qualities of an antihero, which was I myself did in the presentation. I found the ties between our presentations interesting, and would like to read Matt’s paper in more detail to see if we analyzed our antiheroes in similar ways.
Steve Nisi’s presentation was also interesting because he chose a topic that did not necessarily lend itself obviously to the hero cycle, and so he had to stretch his ideas and the text in order to make the steps of the hero’s journey match up. This shows, though, that almost every story follows to one extent or another the hero’s cycle, and with a creative mind and a little wiggle room you can find the connections.
I also enjoyed Batu’s presentation on Batman and all of the others I saw, and I enjoyed learning more about the various aspects of the hero’s journey and applications of the hero cycle to various works, and can’t wait to see the remaining presentations.
JP,
ReplyDeleteI enjoyed Steve's presentation, as well. I thought that it was very interesting that he read the book looking to find the Hero's Cycle for the main character, but instead found how different it was. Because we had not studied anything but the archetypal hero, he would not know what that meant, but because we have furthered our study of different types of heros, we can now see why that happens in the book.
I thought you did a very nice job on your presentation. Even though I have never read the other book you wrote about, your presentation was still good.
-Erin Bortz
I agree with your point on how Steve's hero did not necessarily follow the hero's journey, but he found a way to make it work. This does in fact show that the hero's cycle is everywhere and it is not as hard to find as some may think. I think that all of the presentations were well thought out and presented well. I think that it was interesting how you connected UM to the other book that you read. I have not read the other book, but your presentation explained the relevance between both of the books. One of my personal favorites was erin bortz's presentation on 17 again. I don't think you were there the day she presented it, but she did a very good job finding a hero's journey in a modern film.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the name drop JP. I also thought that Matt Leagre's presentation was really cool. I have watched that movie a couple times and I started the graphic novel but never got around to finishing it. Matt made a lot of connections in the story that i didn't ever realize before. I suppose that the connections aren't really all that deep and philosophical but I just never really have them much thought. Also the movie clip was pretty sweet. I defiantly agree that Matt Leagre's presentation was one of the high lights of the past couple days of class.
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