Comments on: An Anthropological Take on the Underdog http://www.litdrift.com/2009/10/06/an-anthropological-take-on-the-underdog/ Storytelling in the 21st Century Sun, 14 Mar 2010 14:55:10 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Brandon McCormick http://www.litdrift.com/2009/10/06/an-anthropological-take-on-the-underdog/comment-page-1/#comment-304 Brandon McCormick Tue, 06 Oct 2009 23:57:03 +0000 http://litdrift.com/?p=1781#comment-304 Well said and well illustrated. I feel this is coupled with an inate desire to belive we 'have what it takes' inside of us. When we see the hero triumph over all odds, we can see where he came from (the hunted) to where he is victorious (the hunter) and think to ourselves maybe we are cut from the same cloth. Just maybe. "Fairy tales do not tell children the dragons exist. Children already know that dragons exist. Fairy tales tell children the dragons can be killed. " -G. K. Chesterton Well said and well illustrated. I feel this is coupled with an inate desire to belive we ‘have what it takes’ inside of us. When we see the hero triumph over all odds, we can see where he came from (the hunted) to where he is victorious (the hunter) and think to ourselves maybe we are cut from the same cloth.
Just maybe.

“Fairy tales do not tell children the dragons exist. Children already know that dragons exist. Fairy tales tell children the dragons can be killed. ”
-G. K. Chesterton

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