Just imagine a life where you feel like you have no one to fall back on. Your parents become abusive and alcoholics, and you don't feel like living with them anymore. In the book “The Foxman” a similar event happens to the main character and his parents. He gets sent to his Aunt Mildred and his Uncle Harold’s house due to an event of his mother slashing at him underneath the kitchen table with a butcher knife. In the book it shows the many different types of archetypes present, which includes archetypes of a witch, wise old man, and a hero.
In chapter one of “The Foxman”, it said “...by three o’clock that afternoon my old man was drunk again and so was my mother-they started on beer and worked into bourbon-and that night my mother got me under the table and tried to kill me with a butcher knife.” (Chapter 1) In my mind I thought on how his own mother could do something like that. This quote helped me identify the mother and father …show more content…
While going through the woods, they see a storm coming their way. They have ventured farther than they thought and couldn't make it back before the storm hit. Then they find the cabin where they meet The Foxman for the first time. He provides them with food and shelter for the night. Then the next day they wake up and leave to get back home. Later on Carl fall in love with a girl and he can never be found at home because he visits her all the time. Then one day the boy feels lonely and he goes out into the forest. He goes to visit The Foxman and he grows a family type of love towards him, which makes the Foxman represent the old man archetype of Jung’s Typology and Archetype Theory. The Old man archetype represents a person showing guidance and knowledge. In the book, the Foxman said “Tomorrow I'll take you out and show you how to trap fox...” and this helped me understand that he contained a lot of knowledge and wanted to give guidance to the
In chapter one of “The Foxman”, it said “...by three o’clock that afternoon my old man was drunk again and so was my mother-they started on beer and worked into bourbon-and that night my mother got me under the table and tried to kill me with a butcher knife.” (Chapter 1) In my mind I thought on how his own mother could do something like that. This quote helped me identify the mother and father …show more content…
While going through the woods, they see a storm coming their way. They have ventured farther than they thought and couldn't make it back before the storm hit. Then they find the cabin where they meet The Foxman for the first time. He provides them with food and shelter for the night. Then the next day they wake up and leave to get back home. Later on Carl fall in love with a girl and he can never be found at home because he visits her all the time. Then one day the boy feels lonely and he goes out into the forest. He goes to visit The Foxman and he grows a family type of love towards him, which makes the Foxman represent the old man archetype of Jung’s Typology and Archetype Theory. The Old man archetype represents a person showing guidance and knowledge. In the book, the Foxman said “Tomorrow I'll take you out and show you how to trap fox...” and this helped me understand that he contained a lot of knowledge and wanted to give guidance to the