Heroes and Mentors

Summary.
In every story there exists various archetypes. Although, there are about many archetypes as there are human roles, some are far more important than others. The most notorious of these archetypes is the hero himself. The hero is of the utmost importance to the story; in fact may be a microcosm of the whole story. He is the one that has to be shown as normal or human, and then go through an ordeal, face death in the face, be redeemed and then finally return home a more “complete” person. Paralleling the hero is the mentor. This archetype is broad and simply represents someone or something that influences, empowers and ultimately pushes the hero to undertake his or her journey. Like the hero, the mentor can be tragic, dark, unwilling or willing and is often an “ex” or fallen hero.
Reaction
Vogler makes some very important points here. I believe the most useful ones were made in the introduction of “the hero”. Notably, the fact the hero must be flawed in someway, or must be clearly shown to be a human. It is very true that is may be difficult to follow a hero’s story if he is omnipotent. But if you are able to see the humanness of the hero, you may be able to emphasize with them and be truly able to put yourself into his or her shoes.
Reflection
What Vogler describes here can be easily observed. For example, in “A Good Man is Hard to Find,” I would argue that the “hero” may be the grandma. When the story opens we see that she is very human, she wishes to go back to her home and to relive all of these various memories. Perhaps her son is meant to be the “mentor”. He clearly is thinking that it is best to stay home and when the back road appears he was the one that warned it was best not to go down their.

Questions
1.) I noticed that there is no “villain” archetype. I must wonder if the villain is meant to be the hero’s parallel, or perhaps the “anti-mentor”?
2.) Is their any story that can get away without a hero or a mentor?
3.) Is it safe to assume that a hero does not always have to be a person, but can be a group or organization or some other aggregate?