5th Vogler Reading

So for this week's Vogler Readings, he discusses meeting with the mentor and refusal of the call. In refusal of the call, there are actually several ways that heroes can react by not answering the call to adventure. The hero can either "Avoid" the call, and simply answer it later after something even more tragic happens to compel the hero to answer the call. The hero can make "Excuses" as to why they cannot possibly answer the call because of "a pressing series of engagements." On page 108, Vogler states "These are temporary roadblocks, usually overcome by the urgency of the quest." But the hero can react so fearfully as "persistent refusal leads to tragedy." (page 109) Vogler also stater that there may be more than one call and that the calls can be "conflicting calls." There are even "positive refusals," in which Vogler describes some calls as being are summoned by the villains and the hero refusing these calls is "a wise and positive move on the part of the hero." There are also artistic heroes that "are refusing the Call of the world in order to follow the wider call of artistic expression." (page 110)Also discussed are the "willing hero," the "threshold guardians," and "the secret door." The secret door deals with human curiosity, where it is almost human instinct to find out the secret's that life has to offer.
The other section described in this reading is "meeting with the mentor." I meeting with the mentor, the hero usually trusts them. But Vogler states that "sometimes the mentor turns villain or betrays the hero." (page 121) He say that by questioning the mentor's motives, "it's one way to distinguish good from bad advice." (page 122)
I particularly enjoyed this section because we have finally moved forward in the readings. We've moved past the different character descriptions and into more of the bulk of the story, not just the beginning. This section really made me think of all the stories I've ever read or been told.
1.)Who would you consider questionable mentors in stories you heard of or read in the past?
2.) In which stories did you think the hero or mentor did a good job?
3.) Who would you consider to be the worst heroes?