Chapter 20-
"Autumn Magic"
It's Fall
The season of wisdom
where we attain
colors of great knowledge
and darker shades of fear
The confusing temperatures
One Spring day
One Winter day
balanced back and forth
to shock us into
temperance and equanimity
The sun is majestic
as it glares through
the vibrant shades
of windblown leaves
as they leave their
colorful hues
on the bare shuffling
ground
The birds are migrating
They flow in and out of
the scenery
As we endure the beauty
We can see the long
permanence of impermanence
Like life and death
from transience to eternity
There's too much time
But there's not enough time
We're listless as the Winter
approaches
Showing its chilling and
colorless humbling of life...
I would refer to this poem as traditional since it uses the metaphor of autumn being the middle-aged time of life, which has become quite cliché, but traditional. Phrases such as "The season of wisdom," and "We're listless as the Winter approaches, Showing its chilling and colorless humbling of life..." which blatantly brings in the aspect of autumn, or the middle-aged years, almost to a close as the "winter" (death or the last years of life) approach. It's not a gloomy or depressing poem, but harbors both light and dark aspects of the autumn of life.
Interlude--One Story
Archetype- A story involving a character that has previously existed in another story, but has been imitated and adopted the culture or "lore" of the story in which they are represented in.
An archetype that I could easily relate to something I have read or watched would be "the magician," one who "made a decision to master the Four Elements and therefore seek to balance his personal Karma." Or to "save the world" or "bring peace".
Avatar: the last airbender is a story in which Aang, the main hero of the story, has to master the four elements in order to bring peace to the world and end the war between the fire nation and the other three nations, earth, air (although pretty much extinct), and the water tribes.
Chapter 21-
Potter's scar on his forehead is thematically significant as opposed to other physical traits expressed in other movies when it comes to the storyline. His scar not only sets him apart physically, seeing that the scar is in the shape of a lightning bolt. His scar has a deeper meaning and a cryptic history to go along with it. It stands in as an example of the damage that life can deal out on a person, such as when tragedy hits. The person effected is unharmed (in the literal way) but has a scar, something that reminds them of what happened to those they love or something they knew. Potter's scar brings in another aspect other than the physicality of its existence. He had this scar for mostly his entire life, but it wasn't until later in life when he discovered the story behind it, in which case Harry's scar can operate as a badge of honor since it is proof he survived the killing curse with no apparent consequence except the scar he sustained.
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