A Brigand’s Journey to Absolution as Depicted in Between Two Fires by Christopher Buehlman

Muhammad, Alief Andri (2024) A Brigand’s Journey to Absolution as Depicted in Between Two Fires by Christopher Buehlman. S1 thesis, Universitas Andalas.

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Abstract

This research aims to discover more about the hero’s journey/monomyth and the mythological aspect of a brigand’s journey to reach absolution in the novel Between Two Fires by Christopher Buehlman. The author aims to discover the stages of the hero’s journey that the hero of this novel experiences as a brigand/criminal. Because of this, the author applied the hero’s journey/monomyth approach proposed by Joseph Campbell to shed light on the significance of the hero’s journey to reach absolution. This novel also includes many allusions to the Holy Bible, the author also employed a theory by Sir James George Frazer which discusses the connection between myths and religions. The result of the research is that although the hero of the story does not experience some of the stages of the hero’s journey proposed by Joseph Campbell, the author succeeded in telling the protagonist’s hero’s journey to absolution. The Biblical allusions within the novel would resonate more with the Christians, but in the big picture, the hero’s struggle for absolution is a very universal experience.

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