Vogler Response

Vogler uses the next two chapters to identify the "approach to the Inmost Cave" and "the ordeal". Its described as a mysterious zone that is inhabited by threshold guardians that will be testing the hero. It is fair to say that a great deal of the story's excitement will center around the approach to the inmost cave based on the level f excitement. Vogler makes a very nice metaphor comparinf this approach to a mountaineer who is about to make his final approach on the hardest part of the mountain. Basically if the hero has been training or learning anything, this is their opportunity to put it to the test. The next chapter is just as important and linked with the prior one because this chapter deals solely with the ordeal. The ordeal is what is going on inside that inmost cave. Vogler describes the ordeal as a dramtic movement, where in many cases the hero must die, and will be magically reborn, i like the example of ET for this one. Vogler talks also about the placement of the ordeal, and stipulates that it is closer to the middle of the story, like the crisis instead of the climax. It is unfair to say however that the hero must die in this instances, because they can also just as easily bear witness to death to have the same ramifications.
I like what Vogler does in this book by illustrating everything out point for point. I find it so much easier to read when he illuminates everything in a sequential order making it easier for me to put it together in my head, mixed with the fact that he primarily uses examples from movies that i grew up on. In the chapter approach to the inmost cave, Vogler makes a lengthy comparison to the Wizard of Oz, perfectly matching it to the structure he had formulated. And in the ordeal vogler references several star wars scense to illuminate other points he had to make.
I think this book is good because it helps us explore the layout of a story, specifically following the archetypes of the hero's journey. The approach to the inmost cave and the ordeal are important facets to the hero's jounrey, it is in these instances that excite both terror and excitement. Vogler illuminates that this is where the hero must prove something, or where the story is about to get juicy.