Characters from The Fourth Turning: An American Prophecy

Character Descriptions

This section provides a short description of all the major characters in the book. This can be printed out as a study guide for students, used as a "key" for leading a class discussion, or you can jump to the quiz/homework section to find worksheets that incorporate these descriptions into a variety of question formats.

Characters

Heroes - This group of archetypes are leaders, have a traditionalist streak, reason carefully and are associated with the springtime of a saeculum.

Prophets - This group of archeytpess are born during a high, associated with the fall season, and they are interested in social justice; they are often dogmatic, spiritual and based their decisions on feeling.

Nomads - This group of archetypess are highly individualistic, anti-authoritarian and become pragmatists as they enter midlife.

Artists - This group of archetypess are 'sensitive' during the post-crisis.

The Gray Champion - This person is typically...
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