Blog Post #6 Archetypal Characters

          The Character that I feel most compelled to write about is Nadine Brown from The Stand. At first, not a lot of information is given about her, making her feel unknown. You almost feel like you can’t get to know her very well with the information that is given.  From what you do know, she seems to be heading to the sanctuary created by mother Abigail, and follows other characters along that path. What really begins to strike you as odd is that she fights the other characters. She is reluctant to go with anyone, and has a seemingly unneeded distrust for everyone she meets. None of the other characters in the book exhibit such behaviour, so I have begun to think of her as an archetypal shapeshifter. Later in the book, Nadine begins having dreams about Flag, the leader of the “evil” camp. That is what I felt was missing at first, everyone else was having dreams of mother Abigail, where as she had none at all.