Presentations

I learned a lot from these presentations. Projects like Jim's were pretty good. I knew about the mystical weapon but when he analyzed it and talked about the different and deep mythologies each weapon has before it reaches the hero. That was pretty neat. Similarly, Kyle's thesis that we all want a mystic weapon but don't want our enemies to have one was intriguing as well. I think my favorite presentation thus far was Steve Nisi's because I am a big fan of Catcher in the Rye. I've only read it one time, but his presentation was definitely entertaining. He and I basically had the same thesis or paper, where we applied the traditional hero's cycle to an alternative character, but I think his was probably more insightful than mine. Henry also had a great presentation. I am also a big fan of film noir and his idea that the protagonist or the detective in these films doesn't change, while the events and situations around him to do was quite insightful. It is true, the classic detective doesn't change and that's pretty cool, especially compared to another typical hero that learns a moral and becomes a nicer person throughout the course of the story.