Understanding Masculine Psychology

Part I of Essay
The Fisher King Legends are narrations of masculine psychology, explaining the roots of man’s actions in an entertaining context. The Fisher King is named such because he was wounded when he was an adolescent after walking upon a deserted camp with a salmon roasting over ....

Part II of Essay
.... whole), prematurely, can’t handle it doesn’t see it through, and is wounded by it (Johnson 9).” Johnson’s idea is somewhat universal; the majority of men can find a moment where the innocent veil of boyhood was pierced, or an event in that the ease of being gives way to struggle and conflict. In this sense, “all men are Fisher Kings. Every boy has naively blundered into something that was too big for him, gotten halfway through, realized that he couldn’t handle it, and collapsed. Then he is wounded, he is hurt terribly, and he goes ....