I believe that some of the strongest stories we can have begin with very simple archetypes…The great mother, or the great father, for example. And yo… - Chigozie Obioma
" "I believe that some of the strongest stories we can have begin with very simple archetypes…The great mother, or the great father, for example. And you work your way from that, slowly, to more complexity. The idea of this guy who wants to be with the woman he loves – you can say the same of the movie Gladiator, for instance. If you strip everything down to the basics, it’s just about Maximus wanting to go back to his wife and every other thing stopping him. Even Homer’s Odyssey; he just wants to go back and the entire universe is conspiring against that ambition.
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Chigozie Obioma (born 1968) is a Nigerian writer and assistant professor at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.
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