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Quote #10
For the mythological hero is the champion not of things become but of things becoming; the dragon to be slain by him is precisely the monster of the status quo… (311.3)
In terms of coming of age, this is a handy explanation as to why the hero needs to be young: he or she needs to shake things up and get the world out of its complacency. Those crazy kids are usually pretty good at that.