So while Indy did survive the threat of his greatest fear successfully, he now has to protect Marion from the snakes while finding a way out of the crypt - all while their fire is fading and the snakes are closing in on them.ĭespite this adversity, Indy prevails. They seal the entrance, entrapping Indy and Marion for what they believe will be an eternity. Belloq and his Nazi friends toss the rope down and eventually send Marion down into the crypt as well. However, he faces them once Sallah and Indy go down into the crypt.Īfter they send the Ark back up, Sallah climbs the rope out of the crypt, leaving Indy alone with hundreds of snakes still slithering. Terrified, Indy rolls away from the entrance to his back.ĭespite everything he's been through, he still has no "backbone" when it comes to facing snakes. Indy looks down and throws a torch to the bottom, illuminating an endless floor of deadly snakes. Sallah notices something about the floor. Later on in the story, Indy, Sallah, and the diggers open the entrance of the crypt that holds the Ark of the Covenant. While this is clearly some subtle foreshadowing to the crypt we'll be talking about it also sets up a slight character arc. "There's a big snake in the plane, Jock!"
He's horrified to find Jock's pet snake in his lap. But if so many are going to say that Indiana Jones has a flat archetype with no character arc, then we have to point out even the thinnest example.Īt the beginning of Raiders of the Lost Ark, Indy has escaped a war group of natives as he climbs into his pilot Jock's airplane. If we didn't have anything else to write about, this character arc could be perceived as a stretch. For the better stories are the ones that have as much character depth as possible - even those that may not require it to create an otherwise entertaining film. Here we're going to briefly dive into the character of Indiana Jones and find some arc to debunk the naysayers.Īnd hopefully you, the screenwriter, can use this as a lesson to find ways - big or small - to inject at least some character arc into your stories that, on the surface, may not require any. He's just Indiana Jones on another adventure - and it's thrilling to watch. He doesn't learn anything, and he certainly doesn't apply that gained knowledge and experience to prevail at the end. He doesn't change throughout the course of a movie. Many pundits are adamant that Jones has no arc. They simply react to the conflict, struggle their way through it, or the intriguing aspect of the story is watching how their type of character deals with whatever conflict is thrown at them.Īnd usually at the top of the No Character Arc list is one of the greatest cinematic heroes - Indiana Jones. They don't transform or go on an inner-emotional journey that changes them. There are plenty of fantastic and entertaining cinematic tales that focus on bringing a particular arc-less protagonist through ordeals of conflict for the mere purpose of seeing how that type of character fails or prevails by the end - The Wolf of Wall Street, The Big Lebowski, The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly, and No Country for Old Men are a few possible examples (although arguments could be made) of films that have protagonists with no character arcs. Some movies aren't meant to have their characters change for the better or the worse. However, some movies are not written to teach their protagonists lessons in life. The arrogant or ignorant are humbled or awakened.
The reluctant turn into men or women of action. The character is one type of person at the beginning of the story and eventually evolves into a different kind of person as a result of the conflict that they have been dealing with throughout the plot. When we talk about character arcs, we're referring to the transformation or inner-emotional journey that a character goes through throughout the story.
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