C.G.Jung and America

According to C. G. Jung, our family stories brought down from generation to generation demonstrate how we live in society functions today as well as how we define our own personal identities. He uses the examples of the "Handless Maiden" and "Briar Rose" to explain the evolution of stories (myths), by comparing and contrasting the ideals of each in its own suffering moments. Jung shows us within these two examples how to find the story that is our own, to reach out and grasp it and choosing to endure the conflicts that would pull into the inevitable, our fate. …