Blog Entry 9: Overview of Critical Approach

The reason of my critical approach for Once Upon a Marigold is because of how the main character, Christian started out as a wanderer at the beginning of the story. Although he 'rested' until the age of 17, his quest as a wanderer has never stopped. I will be describing Christian as a wanderer archetype going through the hero quest. There will be three main stages described--departure, initiation, and return. I will be using Monomyth from Wikipedia to implicate the stages of Christian's heroic quest. I will also be using The Hero Within by Carol Pearson as a reference to Christian's characteristics as a wanderer.