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Archetypes in Crank by Ellen Hopkins

Kristina is on a quest for identity because she dent really know who she is and has a rebellious side, or Bree, that would do the opposite of what kristina would do which confuses herself. kristina would be considered a mixture of an anti-hero and a tragic hero because she doesn't seem like the hero type and she dent fail but the story docent end very happy.  

The Quest

Kristinas quest is for identity, she trys to be a different person and seems to strugle with who she is.

The Task

Before Kristina goes into her journey she must learn how to stop meeting the monster, or at least control herself because she is addicted to it . However, she fails and continues using drugs or meeting the monster.

The Journey

The journey that lies ahead of Kristina is finding herself and accepting who she is. Along the road she meets Adam who is her first boyfriend who helps her little by little finding her true self.

Departure

Kristina if soon forced to leave her dad and Adam and go to her mother for the rest of the summer. Kristina doesnt seem to happy abbout it until she meets new friends like Chase, Branden, and Robyn who aid and test her.

Initiation

In this new world Kristina quickly finds the monster and hangs out with the wrong people. However, she does fall in love with Chase and helps her become a better person. He tells her to limit herself with the drugs and that he loves  her,no matter who she wants to be.

Road of Trials

Kristina is put through a series of tests that help her grow stronger as a person. One test that she goes through is when she had to decide if it was Adam or Chase she wanted. Kristina had regreted many things but they made her a better person.

Innermost Cave

Here Kristina was experimenting with the monster and had been thinking a lot about herself and who she is, who she wants to be with and How her family cares about her. Without her realizing she was faced with a great challange, pregnancy.

Return and Reintegration with Society

Here Kristina is truly content with herself and is no longer Bree. She  realizes that she should just be herself and has stopped meeting with the monster. She was happy and also sad about the baby. Overall, she was in peace.

In the book Crank by Ellen Hopkins there are a few characters that are archetypes, for example...

Dad- The Shadow: The dad is the shadow because he isn't the fatherly figure that helps his daughter, he acts likes he doesn´t care about Kristina but does or at least trys to. in the book it mentions that ¨As for dad, well, truth be told , his love of drugs surpassed his love of family¨

Adam- Star-Crossed Lover: He and Kristina love each other a lot but can't be together, it isn't destined. In the book most meetings that they had went bad and ended up with them in trouble.

Kristina/Bree- Rebel: She does whatever she wants and doesn't really think about the consequences, she just does what she feels she needs.

Mom- Shape Shifter: The mother doesn't seem like a motherly figure. At time she can be nice and nurturing but she can also be really harsh and mean.

Leigh- Motherly Figure: She is always nice and kind to Kristina, not to mention that she is there for her to help her with most of her problems.