Victoria Lynn Schmidt's Heroine's Journey in Quicksand
After critically analyzing Victoria Lynn Schmidt's model of the heroine's journey, it feels right to apply my findings and see how Schmidt's version plays out in Quicksand. In my most recent blog, I stated with Schmidt, "The female protagonist experiences numerous positive and negative emotions throughout their story, shaping them to become stronger and face their struggles directly," Quicksand is certainly no exception. To start, the protagonist, Helga Crane, teaches at Naxos, where she experiences the first stage of Illusion of the Perfect World. Helga, at a young age, is already engaged to James Vayle and being a mixed individual, feels she has a community with there being other blacks residing in Naxos. These elements have encouraged Helga to teach here for two years, but unfortunately, this fulfillment would soon end. One day, the school is having Mass, and the priest begins his sermon. In the sermon, the priest spews numerous racial ideals, and none of t...