That's a good insight. Maybe we are all George Bailey at times. We've all experienced despair from time to time. Even those who are generally affluent have to endure sucky days. But George Bailey forces that desperate part of our soul to acknowledge that we do count, somehow, and perhaps only as much as any being can count, in an otherwise absurd, painful world.
I watch it every christmas (although occasionally I watch "A Christmas Carol" instead). It clocks the wrapping of presents for my family. It never gets old. Thank you for noticing something I never knew (having never studied mythological story forms) about the story.
This was great, because as you know I'm structuring my job hunting book on the hero's journey. Once you start thinking about it, you see it everywhere. I guess that's why they call it an archetype.
This is a great article, Rosana. I remember watching this movie in my early days of arriving to the States and not really comprehending much about it (language limitations), but being so curious about all the little things I could manage to catch. I thought it was a horror flic! Every year I watched it and every year I caught more and more the whole message and moral of the story. I do love this movie.
That's a good insight. Maybe we are all George Bailey at times. We've all experienced despair from time to time. Even those who are generally affluent have to endure sucky days. But George Bailey forces that desperate part of our soul to acknowledge that we do count, somehow, and perhaps only as much as any being can count, in an otherwise absurd, painful world.
I watch it every christmas (although occasionally I watch "A Christmas Carol" instead). It clocks the wrapping of presents for my family. It never gets old. Thank you for noticing something I never knew (having never studied mythological story forms) about the story.
This was great, because as you know I'm structuring my job hunting book on the hero's journey. Once you start thinking about it, you see it everywhere. I guess that's why they call it an archetype.
This is a great article, Rosana. I remember watching this movie in my early days of arriving to the States and not really comprehending much about it (language limitations), but being so curious about all the little things I could manage to catch. I thought it was a horror flic! Every year I watched it and every year I caught more and more the whole message and moral of the story. I do love this movie.