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My Blog buddy from my class is Kavita.

Kavita is looking at 'How does a Proppian analysis apply to the genre of 'Prison Break'?

• We are both studying the same text 'Prison Break', which is the main similarity between our studies
• Prison Break follows the efforts of one man attempting to free his brother from jail by breaking out, for a crime that he didn't commit.
• Kavita's questions links to mine as i'm looking at the representation of the troublesome, from ethnicities to the traditional white, male protagonist. And these representations are affected by Propp's theory as each character is asserted with certain roles which affect they way their represented. From C-note, the helper, conforming to stereotype of black males caring out the hard, manual labour
• Propp's theory can be applied to Prison Break as each character is given a role within the series:

1. The villain- The 'Company'/corrupt American govt.
2. The donor- SucreThe (magical) helper- Sucre/T-bag/Lincoln/Charles/C-note/Tweener/Abuzzi
3. The princess- Sara Tancredi (doctor)
4. The hero - Michael Scofield