Lauren’s "The Canadian Romeo: in the realms of G-Town"

Lauren is telling us the story of a Canadian student, Tommie, and his experiences at Rhodes so far. Following Propp’s theory on narrative, it seems that this hero has overcome many minor disruptions, for example, he did not let Rhodes’s “purple stained reputation” ­ as Lauren puts it - influence him but rather, our Canadian hero has resisted the lure of the ‘villain’, alcohol. Thus, our hero is not afraid to distance himself from Rhodes traditions and stereotypes.

Another disruption he has overcome is his lack of luck regarding women and relationships. However, Tommie seems to have found, what Todorov calls a new equilibrium, with his love-interest, Nicole. Thus, one could say that Tommie was rather the Damsel in Distress and Nicole, his hero, has saved him and restored this new equilibrium. One thing that the writer seems to do is show Tommie as a hopeless romantic, creating a very dreamy and flattering image of this student.

Finally, Lauren finishes off by describing this character’s hopes and dreams, showing us the future obstacles ahead that he will have to face, creating the potential for a follow-up narrative to this profile.