Star Wars Archetypes Analysis

Fort Ticonderoga had a been a key access point to Canada and the Hudson River Valley during the French and Indian War in 1755, so it was just as vital during the American Revolutionary War from 1775 until it was later recaptured by the British. The Continental Army realized that it would be important if they wanted to do anything in the northern part of the colonies they would need Fort Ticonderoga as a military hub. The fort was currently occupied by a British squadron. In order to capture the fort the Continental Army would need soldiers, and soldiers they got.

There is a selection and Elie and his father are sent to different sides, A commotion booms and his father is able to switch sides.

Thomas Stone wall Jackson was a war general for the Confederate army during the 1860’s, and depending if you were fighting for the North or South, a war hero. He was a fearless warrior in the civil war, he fought like no other would. Jackson earned the name in the battle of first Bull Run. There, when many men ran he stood and brought his men back in like a stone wall. With this he defeated the union army at the first Battle of Bull run.

During the Revolutionary War there were many important battles and people that impacted the war. One of the important battles of the war was the Battle of Bunker Hill. There was many causes, leaders, events, and effects during the Battle of Bunker Hill, that make this battle important.

Dynamic character who undergoes an important inner change, as a change in personality or attitude. The story, Among the Hidden by Margaret Peterson Haddix, tells the interesting story of Luke Garner’s life when and how he became “free” from hiding as a third child. In the beginning of the story, Luke and his family sold their land to the government for the money. In towards middle of the story is when Luke spotted a third child in the sports family’s house and leaves home to go investigate only to find another third child like him named Jen. By the end of the story, Jen died fighting for her freedom and with the help of Jen’s father, Luke was able to get a fake id. These events have caused Luke to develop as a dynamic character. He was more

The Killer Angels a book written by Michael Shaara, published in the 1970’s. The book gives readers a surprising view of the Civil War. After visiting Gettysburg, the author knew that he wanted to write about America’s past. Instead of creating fictional characters Shaara writes about men that played significant role in the American Civil War. People such as Robert E. Lee and Joshua L. Chamberlain were some of the characters the author chose to include in order to add a more interesting historical twist.

The book first copyrighted in 1974 by Michael Shaara is “The Killer Angels”. This book is a historical fiction book and takes place in Gettysburg in 1863. The story starts on June 29, 1863, the four main characters that we see the most are General Robert E. Lee, Lieutenant General James Longstreet, Colonel Joshua Chamberlain, and Major General John Buford. The book changes it’s point of views between these four men to get different perspectives of what is going on from June 29th to July 3rd of 1863. It all starts with a spy showing up and informing Longstreet that he saw the Union army moving nearby, this information shocked him because General Stuart was supposed to be on the lookout for the Union. Due to this information the Confederate

The Revolution: American Crisis is an interesting documentary of the beginnings of the revolutionary war and the struggles the American colonists encountered. The documentary uses many different sources, the truth that not everyone approved of General George Washington leading the continental army, and the internal struggles the soldiers faced for perseverance and recruitment.

6 months after they declared independance from Britian they are running low on artillery and and men. George Washington had once 6000 men and now had close to a little over 2000 men left. They are almost out of food and have nowhere to go. They are about to retreat from New York until they get intercepted by a squadron of British soldiers. They lose at least 10 men in the fight with only 3 British Soldiers killed. They retreat and form camp. George Washington writes a letter of a desperate plea for help to defend Pennsylvania to congress. The find a house and use it as their headquarters for now. They wait for 2 more of their armies. A unexpected surprise comes up. Britain has called back all of their 20000 soldier and have replaced them with about 1200 payed Hessian troops.

Star Wars follows the steps of call to adventure, supernatural aid, meeting the goddess, atonement with the father, and the ultimate boom from The Hero’s Journey. The steps I have mentioned though are not the only ones that it follows though. Star Wars actually follows the whole Hero’s Journey the steps are a little out of order at some places but other than that is is about the same. There are many stories that follow this and it is very interesting to look at movies in this sequence, because you start to realize all of

The camp gets bombed and Eliezer realizes that he doesn’t fear death anymore. On Rosh Hashanah, Eliezer wonders where God is and why he is letting this happen to him. He decides that man is stronger than God.

Over time through a course of events, Dragline begins to like Luke, and eventually attempts to be very close to Luke. Dragline gets Luke to open up and be himself, while Luke goes on to put inspiration in the other inmates. In one scene, Luke is in a rush to complete the work they’re assigned. After being ridiculed, Luke challenges them to a race to finish. They all begin to work their hardest and finish the job with two hours left to spare. Luke's ability to motivate and move others is astounding. His carefree and positive attitude become his main personality traits, and he doesn’t seem as hopeless as he was in the beginning of the

Today was hot. Not just any kind of hot, but extreme temperatures soared high on the planet of Tatooine where water was scarce. Luke Skywalker, a blonde haired and blue-eyed boy, with lots of energy lived with his Uncle Owen and Aunt Beru on a moisture farm in the middle of a desert. Not only was today hot, however Luke’s life, as he knows it, is about to change right before his very own eyes. Luke can be classified as a hero under Joseph Campbell’s ten characteristics of a mythical hero because throughout his life, Luke illustrates each characteristic on the vast journey he partakes in to topple the Galactic Empire. Some key and important characteristics he portrays along this journey includes his calling to adventure, crossing into the threshold,

An Ember In The Ashes by Sabaa Tahir is a dystopian, fantasy story about two characters with very different perspective, Laia and Elias. Laia is a Scholar living under the barbarous rule of the Martial Empire, Laia lives with her grandparents and older brother. The family ekes out an existence in the Empire’s impoverished backstreets. Most of her people have been enslaved, are poor and treated badly by the Martials. For Elias, it’s the opposite. He has seen and endured monstrous and cruel trainings and acts, he is one of the empire’s elite soldiers, but secretly he is desperate to be freed from the tyranny he is being trained to enforce and find meaning to his own life. However, the paths of these two characters intertwine when Laia’s brother

In the book The Last Olympian, Percy Jackson and the demigods try to protect Mount Olympus, the headquarters of the gods, from being destroyed by Luke. However, Luke was possesed by Kronos, the lord of the titans. A year before, Luke betrayed the gods by joining the titans' cause to obliterate Mount Olympus. However, at the beginning of the book, Percy and his friends learned about Luke's childhood, which made them realize why he turned evil. During the final stages of the book, Luke killed himself to get rid of Kronos, which is why I think he is a hero.