A construção da imagem do rebelde: uma análise do jogo Persona 5

Abstract

Video games are a huge success. Its diversity of genres and functions contribute for it to be currently one of the most lucrative and commented business, after some highs and lows in all these years. Video games use lots of archetypes to build a character and a narrative. One of these archetypes is the rebel. This undergraduate thesis is meant to analyze the game Persona 5, released in Japan in 2016 and in the West in 2017, though the lenses of rebelliousness. Is the rebel archetype presente in the game? If so, how is it presented? Are the characters Always rebels? Do they think they are rebels? Is being rebel something good? These questions will be answered with the help of narrative analysis, ludology and archetypes. During the undergraduate thesis, the main parts of the 120 hours game will be described and studied, because the game is extremely long. As the game is japanese, it is necessary to comment about how society works out there – behaviour and culture-wise, especially. The main references are Abbott (2008), Carl Jung (2000), Margaret Mark & Carol Pearson (2001), Alexander Prasol (2010) and Albert Camus (1991).