Quote from: Major Alan Schaefer on Sep 20, 2007, 12:35:27 AM
Yea i think that's the best answer, story centers around Sarah true but he is the Hero most defantly
That's a tad contradictory.
Reece was a
protector. A guardian/helper archetype. Sarah played the role of the
hero archetype. No, she might not have been the one who was mostly firing shotguns and all the rest of it, but it was her sotry. She was the target. She had to learn how to toughen up. She was the one both protagonist and antagonist were seeking. She is the one the entire future depends on.
Sarah was the hero. Look at her arc.
She's in the 'normal' world. The status quo. She's given a glimpse of the 'extraordinary' world. She's called to take on a quest. She refuses. Something forces her to take it on. She has a couple of confrontations with the villain. By the end of the story, she has faced up to the challenge and becomes stronger for it.
Reece did nothing like that. He was the one trying to convince her.
The above is a classic hero-quest cycle template. It makes Sarah the heroine.
The same applies to Ripley. Dallas, Hicks, Dillon, et al, function as protectors. Ripley is the one who goes on the hero-quest cycle. That makes her the hero.
