Blog #1 Q1
What Truly is "The Belly of "The Belly of The Whale" in Star Wars: A New Hope? -Thomas S As our class worked through identifying each stage of the Hero's journey in Star Wars: A New Hope I had a few questions. When people discussed certain areas of Joseph Campbell's Monomyth I questioned them. It appeared as if to me people didn't look deep enough into the ideas Campbell wanted to be entertained by each subject. For the sake of this prompt, I want to tackle the section known as "The Belly of "The Belly of The Whale"," one of my favorite parts of the monomyth. The majority of the class wanted "The Belly of "The Belly of The Whale" to be when Obi-Wan and Luke entered the Cantina. This makes sense at a glance however it's simply not true, at least not completely. I would say this is nothing like what was actually imagined by Campbell. It would make sense chronologically that the belly would take place here but what ...