Wednesday, September 29, 2010

Barefoot bandit hero story. Carl Schwappach and Peter Hussian

The journey starts when Colton Harris-Moore is born. He is born into a troubled family with an alchoholic mother and his father leaves when Colton is two years old. His step father is addicted to drugs and eventually overdoses and dies. We would consider this to be a special birth. When Colton meets "Harley Davidson Ironwing," he learns how to break into houses very stealthily. We think that he is Colton's supernatural guide. He crosses into the threshold when he first starts to steal things with his friend, Harley. His test/ordeals are when finds his way into stealing people's property and he must do that succesfully to be able steal bigger things like boats or planes. Once he becomes a regular thief by stealing material objects, he is now into the bellly of the whale because he is now a complete thief. When Colt is 17, he finds the courage to steal his first plane. We think that it is an ultimate boon because that act of courage gives him the confidence to keep stealing planes and boats. He starts to get his name recognized by the public as the "Barefoot Bandit". I think that makes him a master of two worlds because he is a master of theives in his world and a master of stealth to the public and some like him for it. Colton goes down to the undeworld when he goes to the Bahamas and that is also where he has his final battle in the boat chase with the authorities. This is the final battle because that is where he is stopped. The apotheosis is when the police take him out of the underworld and he is surprisingly well liked by some of the public. The fact that some people still like him as he comes out is also an Elixir because that is his reward for going on his journey. His magic flight is when he is taken to jail and he gets to reunite with his mother. That is the journey of "The Barefoot Bandit".

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