entrenched in a culture that extols those capable of achieving “greatness”. However, how does one become a hero? What qualities are required to obtain this status? In the late twentieth-century, Swiss psycho-therapist Carl Jung developed a list of characteristics that heroes share in common in the form of the “hero’s journey”. One of the most crucial aspects of this journey is that the hero must overcome unsurmountable obstacles and emerge victorious. In Philip Reeve’s Mortal Engines, Hester, Katherine…
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