"Naperville Central High School (Naperville Central or NCHS) is a public four-year comprehensive school ranked in the top 3% of high schools nationally by US News and World Report, covering grades nine through twelve in Naperville, Illinois, a suburb southwest of Chicago in the United States. The school is a part of the Naperville Community Unit School District 203.
The school is notable for its strong academic standing and history of athletic accomplishments. Several of its alumni are notable across a variety of fields, though the school is unique in that it is the only high school in the United States to have its own Ancient Egyptian mummy."
Every Year NCHS goes up against it's number one football rival Naperville North High School. "Naperville North High School (also called Naperville North) is a public four-year comprehensive high school located at the corner of Ogden Avenue and Mill Street in the northern-central part of Naperville, Illinois, a western suburb of Chicago, Illinois, in the United States. It is the counterpart to Naperville Central High School of Naperville Community Unit School District 203."
Naperville Centarls Mascot is the Redhawk, While Naperville North is the Husky. Every year the opposing schools face off at Naperville Central Colleges Football field in Downtown Naperville Illinois. NCHS is so close to the field, that the Central football players normally walk to the statium through downtown Naperville, This is called the Hawk Walk. The past three Years the NCHS Redhawks have come out on top of the NNHS Huskies. The game is played on a Friday night. The Sophmore A Football team plays their game before varsity. They play at about 4-4:30 P.M. The Varsity game starts at about 6:30-7:00 P.M.
The school is notable for its strong academic standing and history of athletic accomplishments. Several of its alumni are notable across a variety of fields, though the school is unique in that it is the only high school in the United States to have its own Ancient Egyptian mummy."
Every Year NCHS goes up against it's number one football rival Naperville North High School. "Naperville North High School (also called Naperville North) is a public four-year comprehensive high school located at the corner of Ogden Avenue and Mill Street in the northern-central part of Naperville, Illinois, a western suburb of Chicago, Illinois, in the United States. It is the counterpart to Naperville Central High School of Naperville Community Unit School District 203."
Naperville Centarls Mascot is the Redhawk, While Naperville North is the Husky. Every year the opposing schools face off at Naperville Central Colleges Football field in Downtown Naperville Illinois. NCHS is so close to the field, that the Central football players normally walk to the statium through downtown Naperville, This is called the Hawk Walk. The past three Years the NCHS Redhawks have come out on top of the NNHS Huskies. The game is played on a Friday night. The Sophmore A Football team plays their game before varsity. They play at about 4-4:30 P.M. The Varsity game starts at about 6:30-7:00 P.M.
Dcember 2009
New article name is
The Bendel
References <Bendelrepublic@live.com> <United Peoples Liberation Front>
==
History of the Bendel ==
the bendel derives it's past from the Ancient Benin Empire, which was founded by Ogiso Igodo during the 3rd Century B.C.,and whichat it's height under Oba Ewuare in the 16th century covered the whole of Edo,Delta,Ondo,Ekiti,Lagos,Anambra and parts of Kogi,Ogun,Oyo,and Bayelsa states of present day Nigeria(see Jacob Egharevba 'A short History Of Benin').
Modern History
Starting from 1850 the British Empire and the Benin Empire were engaged in a longstanding enmity, over the opposition of the Oba of Benin to British expansion in the Lower Niger Basin. This enmity culminated in the Benin-British War of 1897,in which the Benin Empire was defeated after 3monthsheavy fighting.
The Oba was deported to Calabar the then Capital of British Nigeria(see OVBIEROBA et al 'The fall of Benin').
Nigerian Era
On the threshhold of Nigerian independence, the elite of the Edo-speaking and Edo related ethnic groups requested for a region to be created for them, a dream which was only realised in 1962, when the Mid-western region was created with capital in Benin. However during the crisis leading up to the Nigerian-Biafra War or the Nigerian Civil War(1967-1970)the new Region was ignored by ell the regions except the Eastern Region,in the Negotiations in Ghana.
Nigerian Civil War and Republic of Benin
With the outbreak of the Nigerian Biafran War in 1967, the Edos,Etsakos,Aniomas,Urhobo-Isoko and other Ethnic groups in the region were at the front of the war as overZealous Nigerian Soldiers raided,killed and raped the citizens of the Region Mercilessly.
Salvation came when The 101 Division of the Biafran Army crossed the River Niger and drove out the Nigerian soldiers.
Colonel Banjo commander of the Biafran invasion force,acting in consultation with pro-independence leaders of the Region including Major S.O Ogbemudia and Colonel M. Okwechime,m declared the Region an 'independent Republic of Benin' with Capital in Benin.
However due to a number of factors the Biafran Army was routed by the Nigerian Army thus ending the Republic of Benin.
Division of the Region
in 1991 the Region which had been renamed Bendel State in recognition of the Area's History, was split into Edo and Delta States.
Bendel Nationalism
Bendel Nationalism began in Febuary 2006 when a group of students namely Prince F.O. Nelson-Egede(representing Afemai-Etsako), Ibrahim Mahmudu(representing Afemai-Ora) Gabriel Omosigho(Bini)Efe Jonathan(Delta & Urhobo) and John Okwechime(Anioma)bande together and formed the United Peoples Liberation Front which was an armed movement seeking to establish the Bendel Union,an independent homeland for the Edo-Descendent ethnic groups of the Western Forest Belt of the lower Niger Basin. The Movement quickly grew having almost 700 armed fighters and 500 volunteers within it's ranks by Febuary 2007. Barely three months later, three of the five founding members were killed in a Nigerian military and security operation which also claimed the lives of all but 52 of the fighters and volunteers. The only surviving leaders Prince F.O. Nelson-Egede( Deputy Supreme Leader)and Ibrahim Mahmudu(Supreme Leader) split the organization into two camps after Ibrahim Mahmudu signed an agreement of incorporation with the Biafran freedom organization MASSOB, a move bitterly opposed by Prince Nelson-Egede and Yavel Al-kazir the two most prominent leaders of the Front.
United Bendel Liberation Front
in January 2009, the Yavel Al-kazir and Prince F.O. Nelson-Egede factions bonded into a new organization called the United Bendel Liberation Front, which is in an embryonic and training stage. unlike the U.P.L.F,the U.B.L.F espouse diplomacy and in hand with Armed resistance.
The Bendel Union
The Bendel Union is an independent state being agitated for by the U.B.L.F, comprising of the Nigerian-held states of EDO,ONDO,DELTA,EKITI. Possessing a Population of some 18million(health statistics from the region), the Union has several ethnic groups including: Bini,Etsako,Esan,Anioma,Urhobo-Isoko,Itsekiri,Ekiti,Akoko, and Ondo. Also immigrant Native Ijaws are found in the coastal area.
New article name is
The Bendel
References <Bendelrepublic@live.com> <United Peoples Liberation Front>
==
History of the Bendel ==
the bendel derives it's past from the Ancient Benin Empire, which was founded by Ogiso Igodo during the 3rd Century B.C.,and whichat it's height under Oba Ewuare in the 16th century covered the whole of Edo,Delta,Ondo,Ekiti,Lagos,Anambra and parts of Kogi,Ogun,Oyo,and Bayelsa states of present day Nigeria(see Jacob Egharevba 'A short History Of Benin').
Modern History
Starting from 1850 the British Empire and the Benin Empire were engaged in a longstanding enmity, over the opposition of the Oba of Benin to British expansion in the Lower Niger Basin. This enmity culminated in the Benin-British War of 1897,in which the Benin Empire was defeated after 3monthsheavy fighting.
The Oba was deported to Calabar the then Capital of British Nigeria(see OVBIEROBA et al 'The fall of Benin').
Nigerian Era
On the threshhold of Nigerian independence, the elite of the Edo-speaking and Edo related ethnic groups requested for a region to be created for them, a dream which was only realised in 1962, when the Mid-western region was created with capital in Benin. However during the crisis leading up to the Nigerian-Biafra War or the Nigerian Civil War(1967-1970)the new Region was ignored by ell the regions except the Eastern Region,in the Negotiations in Ghana.
Nigerian Civil War and Republic of Benin
With the outbreak of the Nigerian Biafran War in 1967, the Edos,Etsakos,Aniomas,Urhobo-Isoko and other Ethnic groups in the region were at the front of the war as overZealous Nigerian Soldiers raided,killed and raped the citizens of the Region Mercilessly.
Salvation came when The 101 Division of the Biafran Army crossed the River Niger and drove out the Nigerian soldiers.
Colonel Banjo commander of the Biafran invasion force,acting in consultation with pro-independence leaders of the Region including Major S.O Ogbemudia and Colonel M. Okwechime,m declared the Region an 'independent Republic of Benin' with Capital in Benin.
However due to a number of factors the Biafran Army was routed by the Nigerian Army thus ending the Republic of Benin.
Division of the Region
in 1991 the Region which had been renamed Bendel State in recognition of the Area's History, was split into Edo and Delta States.
Bendel Nationalism
Bendel Nationalism began in Febuary 2006 when a group of students namely Prince F.O. Nelson-Egede(representing Afemai-Etsako), Ibrahim Mahmudu(representing Afemai-Ora) Gabriel Omosigho(Bini)Efe Jonathan(Delta & Urhobo) and John Okwechime(Anioma)bande together and formed the United Peoples Liberation Front which was an armed movement seeking to establish the Bendel Union,an independent homeland for the Edo-Descendent ethnic groups of the Western Forest Belt of the lower Niger Basin. The Movement quickly grew having almost 700 armed fighters and 500 volunteers within it's ranks by Febuary 2007. Barely three months later, three of the five founding members were killed in a Nigerian military and security operation which also claimed the lives of all but 52 of the fighters and volunteers. The only surviving leaders Prince F.O. Nelson-Egede( Deputy Supreme Leader)and Ibrahim Mahmudu(Supreme Leader) split the organization into two camps after Ibrahim Mahmudu signed an agreement of incorporation with the Biafran freedom organization MASSOB, a move bitterly opposed by Prince Nelson-Egede and Yavel Al-kazir the two most prominent leaders of the Front.
United Bendel Liberation Front
in January 2009, the Yavel Al-kazir and Prince F.O. Nelson-Egede factions bonded into a new organization called the United Bendel Liberation Front, which is in an embryonic and training stage. unlike the U.P.L.F,the U.B.L.F espouse diplomacy and in hand with Armed resistance.
The Bendel Union
The Bendel Union is an independent state being agitated for by the U.B.L.F, comprising of the Nigerian-held states of EDO,ONDO,DELTA,EKITI. Possessing a Population of some 18million(health statistics from the region), the Union has several ethnic groups including: Bini,Etsako,Esan,Anioma,Urhobo-Isoko,Itsekiri,Ekiti,Akoko, and Ondo. Also immigrant Native Ijaws are found in the coastal area.
Sean D. Jasso (born 1971) is a political economist, author, professor, and consultant in the fields of political economics, public policy, strategic marketing, management and business ethics. Jasso worked for several years in the health care and hospitality industries, including the Ritz Carlton hotel in Pasadena, and currently offers professional consultation services to private firms and governmental agencies. He delivers seminars, workshops and speeches on the global economy, leadership and ethics. As a professor and consultant, Jasso is known for his trans-disciplinary approach to political and management theories, known as Jassonian theory, synthesizing strategies for organizations and individuals to reach their full potential. Those theories are developed in his latest book "The New Corporation". Jasso's studies examine how policies have shaped the political economy and behavior of today's society and addresses how public policy, business and economics impact the future.
Jasso currently serves on the faculty of economics in the Graziadio School of Business & Management of Pepperdine University and as a lecturer in management at the University of California, Riverside.
Jasso was most recently presented with the Brother Mel Anderson, FSC Alumni Award for Excellence in Academics at the La Salle Academic Awards Ceremony on September 24, 2009.
Early life
Sean Jasso graduated from La Salle High School in Pasadena, CA in 1988. At La Salle, Jasso participated in Water Polo and Track while also serving on the editorial staff of the school publication, The Lance. After graduating from UCLA with a Bachelor of Arts in Literature, Jasso proceeded to earn an MBA from Pepperdine University, as well as a Masters in Public Policy and a doctorate in Political Economy from Claremont Graduate University While much is being written and debated about the phenomenon known as 'globalization', Jasso argues that students and business practitioners alike tend to take polarized and ideological positions on the complex topic. The objective of the paper is to offer a communal starting point for the new decade ahead and to encourage participatory discussions and exchanges among economists, political scientists, and the business community in order to better understand the challenges the world faces in the decade ahead. The idea expounded by the paper is what Jasso believes globalization really is, and what is its true impact on society. The paper introduces a new philosophy to help simplify the diversification of globalization's meaning in order to establish a framework for better understanding of the political, economic and business environment of the next decade.
"From the Old Corporation to the New" is a paper published in "Philosophy for Business" an e-journal published by the International Society for Philosophers. In the paper, Jasso writes about the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, a well-known piece of US legislation enacted in July 2002 as United States federal law. The new law was a reaction to major corporate and accounting scandals involving firms such as Enron and WorldCom. Jasso analyzes how effective it is to try to legislate all aspects of behavior in business. Jasso further elaborates on the same topic in his book, "The New Corporation". He refers to the Aristotelian argument arguing that being ethical really does pay off. Additionally, he argues appropriate legislation is necessary to help enforce proper ethical behavior in the business environment and society in general. Jasso also wrote "A Public Policy Analysis of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act" an extensive paper analyzing the impact of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, evaluating the efficacy of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, and also calling for a new dedication to ethics and morals in public corporations.
In Jasso's paper, "The Ethic of Capitalism: Peace, Prosperity, and the Good Life through Microfinancing" he argues the foundation of the peaceful, prosperous, and flourishing society is not only a democratic social contract between the state and its citizens, but also the service infrastructure of an institution that enables access to capital for all its people, including the poor. Building on ideas from economist Muhammad Yunus who won the Nobel Peace Prize for his efforts to create economic and social development from 'below', Jasso extends the discussion that peace and prosperity are attributed to economic growth through capitalism fueled by entrepreneurship and funded with credit. Jasso also spoke on the same topic at the University of Redlands in 2007.
The New Corporation
Sean Jasso's book, The New Corporation, published in 2008, explores the impact of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act on business and society, analyzing its efficacy from the perspective of ethics, rather than economic, legislative and other classifications of the Act that have been examined by other recent publications.The book is an in-depth study of the 'spirit of the law' and examines whether the Sarbanes-Oxley Act is effective as a public policy response to market failure. The book also attempts to establish to what extent does the Aristotelian credo of arete, human excellence, serve the future manager and corporation.
Events
Jasso spoke at the annual meeting of the Western Economic Association International in Waikiki, Hawaii, July 2008.
He gave a lecture at Fuller Theological Seminary in Pasadena entitled, "The New Corporation: The Enterprise as Social Advocate" on June 26, 2009.
Jasso will be speaking at a business conference in Mexico City, Mexico in December, 2009.
Jassonian Quotes
*“Management is the heart and soul of success”
*“Organizing has one purpose - effective results.”
*“Globalization allows us to be transnational teams.”
*“Organizational structure should be designed around the intended strategy of the firm.”
*“Management is the tool that enables an organization to produce results.”
*“Goals need to be clear and concise, even if they are not achievable.”
*“Organizational culture is about keeping the flame alive. The board of directors and CEO hold the torch and they must maintain the flame.”
*“Management should be inspiring, leading, using a behaviorist approach, using resources, using political power and technology to get things done.”
*“Organizational change comes whether you like it or not because change is inevitable.”
*“Groups are managed in a more artificial way. Teams are more dynamic.”
*“Organizational behavior is a general management course that uses behavior as a framework of study.”
Jasso currently serves on the faculty of economics in the Graziadio School of Business & Management of Pepperdine University and as a lecturer in management at the University of California, Riverside.
Jasso was most recently presented with the Brother Mel Anderson, FSC Alumni Award for Excellence in Academics at the La Salle Academic Awards Ceremony on September 24, 2009.
Early life
Sean Jasso graduated from La Salle High School in Pasadena, CA in 1988. At La Salle, Jasso participated in Water Polo and Track while also serving on the editorial staff of the school publication, The Lance. After graduating from UCLA with a Bachelor of Arts in Literature, Jasso proceeded to earn an MBA from Pepperdine University, as well as a Masters in Public Policy and a doctorate in Political Economy from Claremont Graduate University While much is being written and debated about the phenomenon known as 'globalization', Jasso argues that students and business practitioners alike tend to take polarized and ideological positions on the complex topic. The objective of the paper is to offer a communal starting point for the new decade ahead and to encourage participatory discussions and exchanges among economists, political scientists, and the business community in order to better understand the challenges the world faces in the decade ahead. The idea expounded by the paper is what Jasso believes globalization really is, and what is its true impact on society. The paper introduces a new philosophy to help simplify the diversification of globalization's meaning in order to establish a framework for better understanding of the political, economic and business environment of the next decade.
"From the Old Corporation to the New" is a paper published in "Philosophy for Business" an e-journal published by the International Society for Philosophers. In the paper, Jasso writes about the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, a well-known piece of US legislation enacted in July 2002 as United States federal law. The new law was a reaction to major corporate and accounting scandals involving firms such as Enron and WorldCom. Jasso analyzes how effective it is to try to legislate all aspects of behavior in business. Jasso further elaborates on the same topic in his book, "The New Corporation". He refers to the Aristotelian argument arguing that being ethical really does pay off. Additionally, he argues appropriate legislation is necessary to help enforce proper ethical behavior in the business environment and society in general. Jasso also wrote "A Public Policy Analysis of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act" an extensive paper analyzing the impact of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, evaluating the efficacy of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, and also calling for a new dedication to ethics and morals in public corporations.
In Jasso's paper, "The Ethic of Capitalism: Peace, Prosperity, and the Good Life through Microfinancing" he argues the foundation of the peaceful, prosperous, and flourishing society is not only a democratic social contract between the state and its citizens, but also the service infrastructure of an institution that enables access to capital for all its people, including the poor. Building on ideas from economist Muhammad Yunus who won the Nobel Peace Prize for his efforts to create economic and social development from 'below', Jasso extends the discussion that peace and prosperity are attributed to economic growth through capitalism fueled by entrepreneurship and funded with credit. Jasso also spoke on the same topic at the University of Redlands in 2007.
The New Corporation
Sean Jasso's book, The New Corporation, published in 2008, explores the impact of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act on business and society, analyzing its efficacy from the perspective of ethics, rather than economic, legislative and other classifications of the Act that have been examined by other recent publications.The book is an in-depth study of the 'spirit of the law' and examines whether the Sarbanes-Oxley Act is effective as a public policy response to market failure. The book also attempts to establish to what extent does the Aristotelian credo of arete, human excellence, serve the future manager and corporation.
Events
Jasso spoke at the annual meeting of the Western Economic Association International in Waikiki, Hawaii, July 2008.
He gave a lecture at Fuller Theological Seminary in Pasadena entitled, "The New Corporation: The Enterprise as Social Advocate" on June 26, 2009.
Jasso will be speaking at a business conference in Mexico City, Mexico in December, 2009.
Jassonian Quotes
*“Management is the heart and soul of success”
*“Organizing has one purpose - effective results.”
*“Globalization allows us to be transnational teams.”
*“Organizational structure should be designed around the intended strategy of the firm.”
*“Management is the tool that enables an organization to produce results.”
*“Goals need to be clear and concise, even if they are not achievable.”
*“Organizational culture is about keeping the flame alive. The board of directors and CEO hold the torch and they must maintain the flame.”
*“Management should be inspiring, leading, using a behaviorist approach, using resources, using political power and technology to get things done.”
*“Organizational change comes whether you like it or not because change is inevitable.”
*“Groups are managed in a more artificial way. Teams are more dynamic.”
*“Organizational behavior is a general management course that uses behavior as a framework of study.”
The grand argument story is a central idea posited in the Dramatica theory of Melanie Anne Phillips and Chris Huntley, and embedded in the writing software product, Dramatica Pro. A grand argument story would be a type of story that is intended to be conceptually complete and to answer a core argument from both an emotionally and logically comprehensive perspective. The elements of a grand argument story should follow the argument and attempt to answer it. The Dramatica theory posits that every complete story is a model of the mind's holistic problem solving process (the "story mind").
The following is a brief exposition of Dramatica theory's notion of a grand story argument:
There are a number of qualities which determine whether a story is a grand argument or not. These are seen in the story’s structure, dynamics, character, theme, plot, and genre. These parts of a grand argument story combine in complex relationships to create its "storyform". A storyform is like a blueprint which describes how these parts shall relate in a particular story, regardless of how they are symbolized for the audience. It is a shared storyform that allows such different stories as West Side Story and Romeo and Juliet, or Cyrano de Bergerac and Roxanne, to share the same meaning while bearing little resemblance to each other.
The underlying relationship between the parts of a story describe its structure. A grand argument story has a very specific structure. The moving, growing, or changing parts of a grand argument story describe its dynamics. In a grand argument story, the theme is tied to every structural and dynamic element. It provides the various biases and perspectives necessary to convey the story’s subject matter or meaning. The plot is the sequence in which a story’s thematic structure is explored. Plot details the order in which dramatic elements must occur within that story. Genre in a grand argument story classifies the audience’s experience of a story in the broadest sense. Genre takes into account the elements of structure, dynamics, character, plot, and theme to define significant differences between various complete grand argument stories.
Characters
Grand argument stories deal with two types of characters: overall story characters and subjective characters. These characters provide the audience with the experience of moving through the story in both a passionate and an intellectual sense.
Overall Story Characters
There are 8 character archetypes:
*Protagonist (drives the plot), example: Luke Skywalker
*Antagonist (opposes the plot), example: the Empire
*Guardian (shows guidance toward the goal), example: Obiwan Kenobi
*Contagonist (creates temptation away from the goal), example: Darth Vader
*Sidekick (shows loyal faith), example: Droids
*Skeptic (shows doubt), example: Han Solo
*Emotion (shows emotional responses), example: Chewbacca
*Reason (shows logic), example: Leia
The elemental characteristics for each archetype can be mixed and matched to create complex characters, such as the Scarecrow and the Tin Man switching internal and external Emotion and Reason characteristics in the Wizard of Oz. The Tin Man is externally composed like a Reason character, but inside emotionally longs for a heart (and in fact had one all along). The Scarecrow is externally frenetic like an Emotion character, but is always creating a Reasoned plan.
Taken together, the characters represent all the different ways a person can analyze a problem, and function in the story as characters of a single "Story Mind" trying to solve the story problem.
Subjective Characters
On a subjective level, one character is chosen to serve as the "Main Character" -- who is the window through which the audience experiences the story. The plot is given meaning and perspective through this character, while another character tries to change the initial perspective of the "Main Character". That second character is called the "Impact Character" because of its impact on the Main Character's approach. Any character can serve as the Main and Impact characters, and they do not need to represent the Protagonist or the Antagonist. In To Kill a Mockingbird, for instance, the story is experienced through the Main Character Scout, and not through the Protagonist Atticus.
Relation to Other Theories
The genesis of Dramatica theory comes from an initial observation of the archetypal structure of the original Star Wars trilogy, which was itself based on the mythological analysis of Joseph Campbell in his Hero With a Thousand Faces, and which was in turn based on the archetypal studies of Carl Jung.
Although the Grand Argument Story was independently developed from a wider observation of many movies, it retains a similarity with other Jungian based writing theories. Christopher Vogler's 8 primary archetypes bear some overlaps with the 8 archetypes in Dramatica theory.
Chris Huntley gives an analysis of the relationship of Dramatica theory (both comparison and contrast) in his How and Why Dramatica is Different From Other Story Paradigms.
The following is a brief exposition of Dramatica theory's notion of a grand story argument:
There are a number of qualities which determine whether a story is a grand argument or not. These are seen in the story’s structure, dynamics, character, theme, plot, and genre. These parts of a grand argument story combine in complex relationships to create its "storyform". A storyform is like a blueprint which describes how these parts shall relate in a particular story, regardless of how they are symbolized for the audience. It is a shared storyform that allows such different stories as West Side Story and Romeo and Juliet, or Cyrano de Bergerac and Roxanne, to share the same meaning while bearing little resemblance to each other.
The underlying relationship between the parts of a story describe its structure. A grand argument story has a very specific structure. The moving, growing, or changing parts of a grand argument story describe its dynamics. In a grand argument story, the theme is tied to every structural and dynamic element. It provides the various biases and perspectives necessary to convey the story’s subject matter or meaning. The plot is the sequence in which a story’s thematic structure is explored. Plot details the order in which dramatic elements must occur within that story. Genre in a grand argument story classifies the audience’s experience of a story in the broadest sense. Genre takes into account the elements of structure, dynamics, character, plot, and theme to define significant differences between various complete grand argument stories.
Characters
Grand argument stories deal with two types of characters: overall story characters and subjective characters. These characters provide the audience with the experience of moving through the story in both a passionate and an intellectual sense.
Overall Story Characters
There are 8 character archetypes:
*Protagonist (drives the plot), example: Luke Skywalker
*Antagonist (opposes the plot), example: the Empire
*Guardian (shows guidance toward the goal), example: Obiwan Kenobi
*Contagonist (creates temptation away from the goal), example: Darth Vader
*Sidekick (shows loyal faith), example: Droids
*Skeptic (shows doubt), example: Han Solo
*Emotion (shows emotional responses), example: Chewbacca
*Reason (shows logic), example: Leia
The elemental characteristics for each archetype can be mixed and matched to create complex characters, such as the Scarecrow and the Tin Man switching internal and external Emotion and Reason characteristics in the Wizard of Oz. The Tin Man is externally composed like a Reason character, but inside emotionally longs for a heart (and in fact had one all along). The Scarecrow is externally frenetic like an Emotion character, but is always creating a Reasoned plan.
Taken together, the characters represent all the different ways a person can analyze a problem, and function in the story as characters of a single "Story Mind" trying to solve the story problem.
Subjective Characters
On a subjective level, one character is chosen to serve as the "Main Character" -- who is the window through which the audience experiences the story. The plot is given meaning and perspective through this character, while another character tries to change the initial perspective of the "Main Character". That second character is called the "Impact Character" because of its impact on the Main Character's approach. Any character can serve as the Main and Impact characters, and they do not need to represent the Protagonist or the Antagonist. In To Kill a Mockingbird, for instance, the story is experienced through the Main Character Scout, and not through the Protagonist Atticus.
Relation to Other Theories
The genesis of Dramatica theory comes from an initial observation of the archetypal structure of the original Star Wars trilogy, which was itself based on the mythological analysis of Joseph Campbell in his Hero With a Thousand Faces, and which was in turn based on the archetypal studies of Carl Jung.
Although the Grand Argument Story was independently developed from a wider observation of many movies, it retains a similarity with other Jungian based writing theories. Christopher Vogler's 8 primary archetypes bear some overlaps with the 8 archetypes in Dramatica theory.
Chris Huntley gives an analysis of the relationship of Dramatica theory (both comparison and contrast) in his How and Why Dramatica is Different From Other Story Paradigms.