Blog Entry 10: Notes

Departure--

Call to Adventure:
Christian starts to write to Marigold using P-mail (pigeon mail) and gets encourage to go across the river because of an unsure/unspecific feeling he has for her (love). His goal is to stop Marigold's arranged marriage to one of the last two suitors that were chosen. His other quest is to stop Queen Olympia from overthrowing King Swithbert (her husband) and from killing her daughter Marigold, who found out at the end that she was adopted like all her three other sisters.

Crossing of the first Threshold:
Going across the river with the encouragement of Hayes Centaur, the king's gamekeeper and the will to see Marigold. Gatekeepers: the cyclops, Rollo the castle guard. Is not able to come over the threshold unless he earns a silver coin (forgotten goal).

Belly of the Whale:
The dungeon that Christian got thrown in by Queen Olympia which has never had a prisoner because of King Swithbert's generosity. Christian needs to find a way to get out therefore using his talisman?? (his birth gift from his fairy god mother) of inventing skills to build a flying machine in order to stop Marigold's wedding.

Talisman??:
Locket with a Phoenix on it to symbolize he's the Prince of Zandelphia  
Fairy birth gift? Not sure what it was, assuming his ability to invent

Initiation--

The Road of Trails:
Quest 1-Offend Rollo when Meg (Rollo's girlfriend?) kissed Christian, and blames him for seducing her. Which lead to his imprison later on because of Rollo's jealousy. (Quest?)
Quest 2- Have the courage to talk to Marigold and tell her who he really is. Cannot talk to her because he thinks of himself as a peasant. (Not sure if this is a quest??)
Quest 3- Over-hearing Queen Olympia's conversation with her ferret, Christian tries to make Marigold believe that her mother, Queen Olympia was planning to kill her and her father if she married her very distant relative--Sir Magnus. Christian then needs to think of ways to save Marigold.

Goddess:
Clearly, Marigold is Christian's Goddess in the story. His love for her caused him to abandon his FREE life in the forest and become a servant just to see her. Christian risk his life getting shot by an arrow when he crashed on the flying contraction he build in the dungeon.

Atonement with the Father:
Christian's foster father, Edric (Ed) was thrown in the dungeon with him and his two dogs as well when Christian was being accused of plotting an invasion of the castle. The moment Ed got thrown into the dungeon is when Christian really felt like he wasn't alone and he can get out with the help of his foster father. Ed didn't really gave Christian good advice, most of the time being very pessimistic about the way they will end. But Christian kept his optimistic ideas and didn't gave up because he have to first save them and stop Marigold's wedding.

Apotheosis:
When Christian got out of the dungeon using the flying contraption he build, the Queen ordered her guards to shoot Christian in order for her to continue with her plans. Christian got shot with a poison arrow which leaves him with death. Marigold then saves his life, giving up her fairy birth gift (the ability to read another's thoughts) and healing Christian's wound.

Ultimate Boon:
Christian's boon, of course would be to spend the rest of his life with Marigold after finding out that he is actually a Prince that ran away when he was six. At the end, they both got married and spend their life in the cave that Christian grew up in.

Return--


The Crossing of the Return Threshold/Master of the Two Worlds:
After a year, Christian build a bridge over the river between King Swithbert's castle and his own castle (the cave) to make communicating more convenient. His invention of 'p-mail' has spread over the world that everybody seems to be using it. The rules that he and Marigold came up benefit every class in their kingdom and soon, other royalties started to do the same, but some of the ideas died out quickly.

Freedom to Live:
Upon completing the set of quest and gaining the love of his life, Christian and Marigold are known to be the role model of all royalties. Living their day "watching the sunrise, eating vegetarian, wearing a single diamond earring, and using part of their residence as a home for unwanted children" (pg.265).

Christian as a Wanderer Archetype:

Cave--where wanderers are trapped, in this case where Christian was raised up.

Travelers/Wanderers are mostly very lonely people, in the story, Christian didn't interact with anyone but Ed and Marigold because of the fear he have talking to other people about the love he have for the Princess. Even when Christian was with Ed, he didn't tell many things to Ed, but hide most of his feelings and thoughts he have until he met Marigold.

Christian is a very stubborn person, just like wanderers are. But his stubborn lead to great results like the food they eat, and the invention he build.

Christian ran away from home to find a better place without so much rules (wanderers hate rules that bound them from their freedom). He enjoys his temporary land that he found but sets off onto another adventure to save Marigold. Near the end, christian knew that it's what he's meant to do his whole life.

Princess Marigold-- according to Pearson's Hero Within, the princess is a person who exists as goal and often recognizes and marries hero and or punishes villain.

Telescope- Christian uses the telescope that Ed found in the forest the day he found Christian to look over the river at Marigold. He then builds a bigger telescope to help enhance the sight over the river. To a traveler, a telescope is most important to explore and overlook places they've been to.

Christian was feeling guilty leaving Ed, afraid of what was going to happen over the river, afraid of never coming back, afraid of change. The common feelings of a wanderer or traveler.