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 Posted: Sun Mar 09, 2008 11:33 am
I realise that the mentor must die in any book to force the protagonist to change her ways and "grow up," but isn't it a little overboard to kill the mentor figure all the time?
Wouldn't it be the sign of a stronger protagonist if she left of her own accord to continue her adventure? Isn't the point of the coming-of-age story to show how the protagonist matures into an adult?
What do you think about this and other elements of the classic coming of age story?
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Posted: Mon Jun 30, 2008 12:46 pm
You are right the mentor figure should never be killed and if he or she is killed then they should not be killed all of the time.
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