Mainframe
In these final few days before the end of the year, we've watched an exciting struggle for dominance of a man as much around him works against him. I'm talking, of course, about Mr. Mitchell's heroic battles against Room 106N's technology. Mr. Mitchell's "call to adventure" came on Monday, when the speakers stopped working for some reason. His "ordinary world" consisted of verbal class discussion of physical books we've read, so choosing to show a digital video was already a form of "crossing the threshold". This time, however, the common tactic of restarting everything didn't yield desirable results, and this is where I think the true "call to adventure" is. Here, Mr. Mitchell had been forced to seek outside help. He initially "refuses the call" by continuing to try to fix the issue himself. At last, though, he sought help from the IT guy. (Was it Mr. Coobs? I think it was Mr. Coobs.) Mr. Coobs would b...