Where's My Wand: Archetypes

I am reading the same book which is Where is My Wand by Eric Poole. It is pretty much a mix of very different characters put into one story. They all have many different personalities that make them  very unique and interesting to follow as the story continues on.

The Hero  of the story would definitely have to be the man character, Eric. I say this because he does uphold the many characteristics that make him this compared to others. For one he is not perfect, He has many strange fascinations such as dressing up as a character from Bewitched. This included making a cape from bedspread, aand acting as a female. He was caught doing this by his sister, which he was quite embarrassed to show to her. This shows that he is just a normal child like anybody else in the story. He also tries to stand up to a bully they have in school and make friends with a girl that is disliked by many in the school he goes to. This shows the courage that he puts forth in the story.

The mentor would probably have to be Father, only for the reason that the father is the one that is most connected to the main character, Eric. Eric just follows what the Dad does, and I guess he shows pity for his Dad that's why he sees his Dad better as a parent. I think Eric just teaches himself in general, he doesn't really have role model because his father and mother are to stressed, and his sister is just going through that teen phase were you start to dislike your siblings even more. He basically is the mentor, )maybe not a knowledegable one) and the hero combined.

The Shadow would most likely be the bully because he's the reason why Eric's life is so stressful if I were in his shoes. He not only has to face a lot of problems at home, but he has to face them at school which makes his life even more of a hell. He doesn't have anyone to really guide him in the first place either,so the bully is free to do anything without confrontation or support for Eric. He's the one that makes Eric life miserable, for him to be in the school yard. He calls Eric deaf and makes fun of him for being deaf. IT could be the new girl for the fact that she'snot afraid to say what's on her mind, even though she's handicapped, she'll physicallly hurt someone. She also creates tension by showing off the bully when he tries to make fun of her.

The Shapeshifter is obviously the mother mainly because she  seems to have tremendous mood swings in the book. Like during christmas when recieving gifts from the dad, she liked the minx and was so in love, but when he presented a 300 dollar painting she showed no gratitude just because she didnt like it. This shows that she's sometimes peaceful, meaning they have a workable family. Then sometimes she's stressed out and goes ballistic on slight things.

In conclusion it was kind of hard to determine the role of each person but it was possible,to see, because sometimes it's not the obvious or the first thing you would think of.