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Garry Wills , author of a critical Wayne biography , has said that the secret of John Wayne 's endurance is that his films tap into " the primary American myths - - the myth of Manifest Destiny , the myth of the frontier , the myth of American exceptionalism . Good Intentions : Reflections on the Myth of Progress in America , as well as a novelist , is one of my favorite writers : we both did the foreign policy panel ( at 8:30 in the morning , no problem for me as I am usually an early riser ) , and Bill 's talk on the Ludlow Amendment was laced with acerbic wit and real insight into the character of the Amendment 's largely forgotten but heroic author . The myth of Athena was not produced all of a piece , nor does it present the immutability of t mathematical formula . " Just as Invisible Man tells an African American version of Pilgrim 's Progress , so does " Flying Home " update the myth of Icarus . The myth of Athena , some peculiarities of the origin of which I here propose to examine , is one of supreme importance , not only because Athena was the tutelary goddess of the city that has played so unique a part in the history of mankind , but also because the legends that have grown round her name in the course of time may , if rightly interpreted , afford us an insight into the pre-historic times of Greece . Once the myth of GOP invulnerability is shattered , gravity will start to take hold .