Reading Assignment VI (Chapter 21)

Archetype: a form of cliche so different from the standard forms in which this occurrence (usually) manifests (a black cat crossin' the street 'fore your eyes) that, rather than the feeling of ironic nausea, as common with cliche, a feeling of significance, in a number of ways, accompanies the realization of; generally, what gives the feeling of significance of an archetype, that without the certain presentation of, would be just another cliche, surely, is that presentation, the language of the author in conveying that which slightly resembles past pieces of the story, that which, somewhat because of this, grabs our attention so "The Eyes of the Dragon," a sort of prequel to the Dark Tower, reflects so significantly the basic fairy tale outline that, of course, the original archetype cannot be established. A king is murdered, a mage plots, a prince is wrongfully accused and convicted, sentenced to reside in, haha, a huge, nondescript tower. So well does this book call upon these cliches, while retaining a pretty original story, that those cliches are made exponentially more powerful to the reader; archetypes are nothing more than an author embedding material unoriginal in their own works, daring readers to recognize and make connections.


A lightning bolt that dominates the forehead, rests atop rounded spectacles, surveying all, utilizing the attractive force of "DIFFERENT" being screamed in all viewer's heads, despite the renowned etiquette of British society. The origin of this stigma, if remembered correctly, was from the confrontation with Voldemort while he was an infant, this depriving him of his parents and creating for him a stalker, a Goliath to be faced later, preparation for which prepared and enacted for him by the sympathetic administration of his school. All those he comes across are mesmerized by that scar, an incredibly powerful force of nature manifest on a young man's face, a young man able to tap into, for lack of a better word, the supernatural. An adolescent's transformation to an adult, all the while knowing from being informed by others that he is indeed destined for greatness; being a children's series, certain subtleties and methods of writing would be inapplicable - hence the quite apparent abnormality, in no way debilitating, not too repulsive; again, destined for greatness, different, significant, Harry Potter (this amazing scar cancelling out the plain-ness of his name).