Essay On Hero's Journey

The last similarity between both main characters is that the two both have family and friends that they love, and would sacrifice their lives for. Katniss risked her life for Prim when she volunteered in place of her for the Hunger Games (Collins 22-23). Katniss has feelings for Peeta and cares for him when he is injured. Jonas learns to love, and loves Gabe, and protects him from being released. What is also interesting to note is that both characters have a younger sister, and parents they cannot be truly loved by. Both characters care deeply for and want to protect people they are

The hero’s journey usually follows a certain rubric with little variation. These films are no exceptions. In “Star Wars,” Luke Skywalker is without a doubt a disadvantaged youth. His parents have died, and he lives under his aunt and uncle who spurn his attempts to leave the farm and make it on his own. Through a chance meeting, Luke finds himself a mentor, the wise recluse, Ben Kenobi. Kenobi tells Luke of amazing battles throughout the galaxy, sparking his inborn interest in the stars. Later in the film, after his aunt and uncle are murdered, Luke finds himself thrust into an ongoing intergalactic war between the evil Empire and the rebellion. It is here that Luke

Two books can seem completely different from each other when judged by characteristics such as genre, plot, and theme. However, if people were to look at the books together and as a whole, they might notice one striking similarity between the two. That striking similarity is known as the hero’s journey. First observed and documented by Joseph Campbell, the hero’s journey is a concept in which heroes, or people who commit actions for the greater good, follow a three-step cycle known as departure, fulfillment, and return. At the first stage of the hero’s journey, the hero receives a call to an adventure that takes him from the comforts of his home. Next, at the most important stage of the hero’s journey, the hero begins to experience life

In life, heroes are everywhere. They fight crime, save lives, and basically just do good deeds. Heroes follow their journey, which, when written, is actually very cliché. A hero follows a set of events in their journey that are rarely changed. In this essay, two hero’s are examined, Santiago from The Alchemist, and Dorothy from The Wizard of Oz. These two stories seem very different, but in the end, are actually very similar. When examined closely, one may find that their journeys are very similar, following the events of a hero’s journey. This seemingly simple set of events is found in almost every heroic story. First is the problem. The hero is in a not quite perfect way of life, and needs to fix it. Then there is the refusal, the hero is called up to fixed the problem, but refuses for whatever personal reason. Then they are forced to go, and meet a mentor. This mentor gives them the wisdom that they need to get through the journey. It may even be what the hero is striving to be. Then they cross the threshold from their ordinary world to the new special world. The fifth and sixth parts can be interchangeable. Trials and allies/enemies, either can come first. Then they reach what they have been striving for, the liar, the cave, the final destination as a normal person. Once the hero reaches this part, they will be forever changed. At some point in this final destination, they will be killed and reborn, whether it is metaphorical or literal. After this they will fight

Although epic hero’s either fictional or non-fictional have similar journeys while becoming a hero, each character has distinct characteristics that present divergent outcomes. Two of the most evident characteristics that come to mind when thinking of a hero is bravery and strength. Amongst Gilgamesh, Beowulf, Luke Skywalker, Sunjata, and Rostam they’re all brave strong men with their own traits that shape them into heroes. All five of these men’s lives begin in an ordinary world when they receive a call to an adventure. Each hero has the choice to either refuse or accept the journey that they have been called upon. In “The Hero With A Thousand Faces,” Campbell’s gives an example of how the call to adventure

The hero’s journey spreads from old pieces of literature to recent ones like The Odyssey to new pieces of literature like the hunger games. Two examples of steps from the Hero’s Journey in modern books and movies are “the refusal of the call” and “Crossing the initial Threshold” in the scene when Simba leaves pride rock when scar kills Mufasa in the film The Lion King, directed by Roger Allers and Rob Minkoff, and in the scene of the movie 42, directed by Brian Helgeland, Jackie Robinson decides to join the majors even though he will face discrimination and once he is in he can’t back out of it. First, one of the steps of the Hero’s journey is “Refusal to the Call” and it shown in a seen from a film called the Lion King when Simba refuses from fighting scar he just leaves. In the film The Lion King when scar kills Mufasa, Simba’s father, Simba feels very depressed because he thinks it was his fault that his father died so he runs away because of sadness.

Throughout the novel, our main protagonist Christopher is faced with various obstacles. From being unable to fit in socially, to trying to figure out who murdered the beloved neighborhood poodle, he begins to feel the uncomfortable constraints of his unspecified, but very likely, Asperger syndrome. His character is revealed through the way he seemingly remains unchanged throughout his journey, but when under closer inspection his new-found maturity is portrayed in a much subtler fashion. Christopher has followed rules and schedules all his life, he can’t cope without them. His entire existence has revolved around the same tedious routine, from the moment he wakes up to the moment he goes to sleep. However, as the story progresses we are shown how he learns to cope with change and how he begins to see the world as a less

The Hero’s Journey is an important concept, it is the template upon which a vast majority of successful stories and Hollywood blockbuster are based upon. Being able to analyze, understand and deconstruct the different capacities undertaken by the Hero is essential. The Hero’s Journey is a cycle made of super structures/steps which consists of both linkages and connections. It is composed of a beginning and an end, which ultimately are the same. This full cycle is attained through periods of loss and gain (hardship) which in turn are subdivided into different sections, composed of micro mini stages which together act as stepping stones leading the hero full circle back to the beginning.

are analogous because of they both follow The Hero’s Journey, the characters, and the protagonist’s personality.

The Hunger Games, Star Wars, and A Wrinkle in Time all relate to the Hero’s Journey in different ways, but there are also similarities in the approach of Hero’s Journey. The refusal in Hunger Games and Star Wars are alike in the fact that Katniss and Luke’s choice of refusal is for the best of their family. Meg, however, has no choice and regrets going until she realizes that she will get her dad back. Crossing the threshold is different because Katniss has time to soak up the information and Luke just has to leave right away. During the point of the Test/ Allies/ Enemies, the stories are different by the intensity of the events; but they are also alike. The Hero’s Journey throughout the Hunger Games, Star Wars, and A Wrinkle in Time all have

While Theseus and Katniss have many similarities the biggest one are the trails they both go through, Theseus with the maze and the minotaur and Katniss and the annual Hunger Games. In myth of Theseus, Athens is invaded by Crete after Minos, the king of Crete, had sent his son to Athens and there he was killed when the Athenian king sent him on “an expedition full of peril”(Hamilton 157). After King Minos captured Athens he threatened to raze Athens to the ground unless every nine years Athens “sent him a tribute of seven maidens and seven youths”, all for the entertainment of King Minos and revenge for his son. Similarly in The Hunger Games, in the Country of Panem, after a failed revolution, the government in the capital city made each of the 12 districts send 2 tributes to the capital. Once they got to the capital they were forced to fight in an arena for the entertainment of the higher ups in the government. Theses trails that both Theseus and Katniss faced

My mind raced like the race car, my heart beats as the hooves of a horse on a racetrack, and my thick eyelashes holding up the tears that were going to fall. As I locked eyes with the Monster, I knew that I wasn’t safe. The angry blue eyes like the ocean waves were locked in with my helpless black ones. This time, the ocean waves were set to destroy a ship. This time, that helpless ship was me.

Screams filled the air. Only then did Jessie Grant realize they were his. He had been having this dream for some time, his dad’s and mom’s death. Before they boarded a cruiser when he was seventeen, his parents were his best friends, now he had nothing.

hero's journey is not solely “applicable to fiction but also to the journeys that everyone goes

In the books Divergent and The Hunger Games, both books show the same central theme of bravery. This is shown when Tris decided to choose Dauntless, “I am selfish. I am brave,” (page: 47). This is also shown when Katniss stands up for her sister and even takes her place, "I volunteer!" I gasp. "I volunteer as tribute!" (page: 5 and six). This is important because it takes true bravery to make a strong person. However, it is even more important to be brave and humble, the main characters of both of these books seem to never would boast about their doings because they did their act of bravery from their heart. In other words, they did this act of bravery to help someone else and even an entire society. Similarly yet differently , the two main characters in the books share a common theme of courage. However, the characters develop this trait at different points.