How “The Step Not taken “ By Paul D’Angelo Follows The Monomyth Archetypal Pattern. By: Thomas Bradbury “The Step Not Taken” by Paul D’Angelo follows the Monomyth Archetypal pattern’s three stages. Stage one occurs when the protagonist undergoes a separation from our social norms by contemplating why a man in his elevator was crying. In stage two, the internal struggle, he has the urge to befriend this man and try to help. Stage three, the return to society, is seen when he leaves the elevator and shares his story with his friends.
When the man in the elevator with him starts to cry, the author is faced with the decision of either helping the man or giving him his space. Without giving it much thought,
Morality in “the Step not Taken” by Paul D’Angelo Paul D’Angelo addresses an interesting subject in “The Step not Taken,” through his own personnel monomyth he presents the moral question of whether it is morally right to ignore the obvious suffering of another human being. The story begins with a man entering an elevator with a “junior executive” looking man in an office building, just a normal day with nothing unusual. Just as in the first stage of the monomyth all seems normal with no warning to the approach of a challenge; “then it happened.....I was astonished to see the young man drop his briefcase and burst into tears,” the main character, has now been faced with his quest. Has in true city tradition he ignores the crying man and leaves the elevator, which is his initial refusal. This point in the story signifies the transition from an external journey to an internal struggle of the protagonist.
He stands on the hood of the car to preach like his grandfather once did. Hazel’s grandfather focused on Christianity while Hazel believes there is no Jesus. Hazel changes his location often to new parks to preach to the citizens passing by: “The next night, Haze parked the Essex in front of the Odean Theatre and climbed up on it and began to preach” (166). Here Hazel preaches about his new church, the Church Without Christ from the hood of his car. Learning from experience, Hazel gets to the point where he preaches the whole religion in only one
As the elevator door closes, the protagonist is completely unaware of the array of mixed emotions he was about to encounter. “The doors of the elevator closed and we began to ascend.” The closing of the elevator doors is a symbol for the protagonist’s separation from society. After he states his initial encounter with what seems to be a perfectly normal stranger, suddenly he is startled. “Then it happened. A sudden strained gasp.
She tells the orderlies to take Bromden aside and shave him, which he tries to avoid, because he says he hates it (Ch.1, Page.6 “Before anybody can turn and look for me I duck back in the mop closet, jerk the door shut dark after me, hold my breath, Shaving before you get breakfast is the worst time”) . In the second chapter we find out that they had given drugs to Chief Broom. In this chapter however a new patient is introduced to the ward, an Irishman called McMurphy. He is not like the others, and isn't intimidated by the black boys, that impresses the Chief. He introduces himself to the other patients by saying “My name is McMurphy, buddies, R. P. McMurphy, and I’m a gambling fool.” In the third chapter Bromden describes how the day room is split in two between the Acutes and Chronics.
Marvin is humanistic and client-centered in its approach. Both men sit in chairs, and Bob starts the appointment. Bob begins the discussion by stating his problems, and Dr. Marvin encourages him to expand his explanations by saying, “Talk about it.” Dr. Marvin’s book, Baby Steps, is an example of systematic desensitization. It advises readers to slowly overcome their fears by dealing with one fear at a time. Bob is given the book at the end of the appointment, and he chooses to ride the elevator as part of defeating his phobias gradually.
Online) From the common phobia of aging, to the ball and chains of marriage, and into the paranoia of getting caught murdering your wife, Hitchcock offers a window to say the least into an evolving domestic life in the 50’s, with a murderous twist of fate. Taking place in the Greenwich Village Apartment complex, amongst New York’s City’s bustling walls, and skyscrapers, the story tells the tale of an inquisitive neighbor who watches his community from up above, inside the shadows of his studio apartment. Although Hitchcock’s characters appear to be looking from the outside in, a deeper evaluation of the symbolic narratives throughout story proves the contrary. L.B. Jefferies, played by James Stewart, a photojournalist, who has been reduced to a wheelchair after an occupational accident leaves him immobile for six weeks, participates in the
He was standing being the railroad detective. He told the man that Faham, was lying down in a boxcar. "When the detective saw Faham he asked if he needed a doctor, but my husband told him he only had a headache. He questioned Faham; then said he believed our story. "‘Don’t let me see you getting on this train.'
However, the book Inferno only focuses on his travels through the circles of Hell. As Dante views punishments in Hell, he often faints from the gruesomeness of them. Over time, his reaction to torture changes as he reflects them as a justice for sins. Another main character, Virgil, is a ghost that guides Dante through the depths of Hell. Virgil receives orders from an angel to lead Dante through Hell on a spiritual journey.