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and enemies love, Charles is hounded by ex-girlfriends, shadowed by a friendwho would like to be his lover, andfinds he has a rival for Carrie’slove.

brick road, earns the loyalty of the scarecrow, learns the wickedwitch is out to get her, befriendsthe tin woodman then seesthrough the bluster of thecowardly lion.

spaceport bar, meet up with HanSolo and the Wookie and make abitter enemy of Jabba the Hut.

man, the bus crashes and sheis ‘rescued’ by the archetypal

 Jack, more a mercenary thanan ally.

7. Approach tothe inmost cave

 The series of weddings becomestrying for Charles as the object of his love seems to grow moredesirable and remote and finallymarries Hamish.

Dorothy and friends soon comewithin sight of The Emerald Citybut they are repeatedly attackedby the wicked witch and blockedby various threshold guards.

Luke and company have a seriesof adventures that culminate inan attempt to break the princessout of the deathstar.

On the run from the baddies, Joan and Jack seek out thehiding place of El Corazon, agiant emerald, using the mapthe kidnappers are after.

8. Supremeordeal

At the third wedding, Charles loseshope of ever winning Carrie as shespeaks of her love for Hamish.When Gareth collapses of a heartattack, he has lost a dear friend.

Dorothy and friends are capturedby the wicked witch and facedeath. The witch sets thescarecrow on fire but Dorothydouses him with water,accidentally splashing the witchand causing her slow meltingdeath.

 The ordeal is made up a series of adventures that culminates in theattempt to break the princess outof the Deathstar.

 Joan and Jack find the emeraldin a real inmost cave but thatis too easy and their carplunges over a waterfall. Joandisappears for severalseconds, finally struggling to arock on the opposite side to

 Jack.

9. Reward –seizing thesword

 The reward, if any, is self knowledge but for Charles it is notso simple. He learns from Gareth’sdeath does not have to meanmarriage. He has also learnt tolower his expectations.

Dorothy gets the broomstick thatthe wizard demands as paymentfor getting her home but he balksat paying up. Toto discovers themeek little man behind thecurtain controlling the illusionwho is powerless to help them –a typical post-ordeal insight.

Luke and company escape withthe Princess and the informationneeded to destroy the Deathstarbut not without the sacrifice of Obi-Wan.

 The obvious reward is thepossession of the gem but Joan has also found romanceand new self-knowledge.

10. Road back  A sadder, but not much wiser man,he gets over Carrie and somehowrebounds into the arms of ‘Duckface’.

 The wizard has prepared a hot-airballoon to take Dorothy back toKansas but Toto runs after a catand Dorothy runs after him. Theballoon leaves without them.

 The worst is not yet over; theDeathstar, moving within rangeof the rebel base, still has to bedestroyed.

 The river separates them andthe two have to make theirown way out of the jungle.

 Joan has to trust that Jack,who has the gem, will keep hispromise.

11. Resurrection Charles’s real ordeal comes on his

own wedding day when he findsout that he could have Carrie andrecognises his own feelings. Hisheroic flaw almost brings him toruin but his brother forces him tospeak the truth.

Dorothy survives the death of her

hopes of getting home but thegood witch reappears to tell herthat she had the power all along.She had to learn it for herself.

Luke trusts the Force and

destroys the Deathstar bysacrificing an old part of hispersonality, his dependence onmachines.

 Joan and Jack unite to rescue

her sister but Jack immediatelypursues his own interest; themoney. She has to give up herhopes of love, but is changedby her adventures.

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12. Return withelixir

In a touching, rainy reconciliationscene, Charles demonstrates thathe has learnt his lesson, speakinghonestly about his feelings forCarrie and his now severe allergyto Weddings.

Dorothy says farewell to herallies who have also learnt thatthey already had what theysought and taps the red shoestogether saying ‘There’s no placelike home’. Back in Kansas shefeels complete possessing theelixir of self-knowledge.

Luke and friends are decoratedas heroes in front of a largecrowd. Luke’s internal elixir is hisnew self-knowledge and controlof the force.

A changed Joan – more‘together’ and a better writer –has surrendered her oldfantasies about men when

 Jack appears with the sailingboat he has always dreamedof to whisk her away.