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“Yet as unique as we are, we are embarrassingly predictable. In a way, if you’ve seen one epic you’ve seen ‘em all. We humans cycle through the same stories generation after generation.”
After reading this paragraph, I immediately disagreed with the point that was made. I thought, “There is no way that we simply cycle through the same stories generations after generation.” Then Simmons qualified the idea by naming some of those types of stories.
“There are a few archetypal characters that sum up many of our life stories. The hero, magician, sage, king, queen, heretic, martyr, and traveler are but a few.”
Will the types of stories broaden as time passes? Or have we already discovered all the basic ways that all stories can be told? Will stories evolve as to where more types to emerge?
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posted by BP @ 2:23 PM
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While I suspect Simmons is right, I can't agree with her here.
It is very difficult to qualify the behavior of generations in any case. After all, each of us only gets one within which to live, and only a few to observe.
The rest is left to history books and speculation.
But then, nobody ever asks proof from a storyteller.
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