Introduction: The Disney animated film "Mulan" tells the empowering story of a young Chinese woman who defies societal expectations and embarks on a courageous journey to protect her family and honor. Mulan's hero's journey, as depicted in the film, showcases her transformation from a young woman burdened by societal norms to a fearless warrior who discovers her true identity and saves her country. This essay will critically analyze Mulan's hero's journey, exploring the themes of gender, self-discovery, and bravery. Departure:...
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Santiago is the hero of The Alchemist. Conceived in a community in Andalusia, Santiago goes to the theological school as a kid however aches to venture to the far corners of the planet. He at last gets the fearlessness to request that his dad's authorization become a shepherd so he can venture to every part of the fields of Andalusia. At some point, he meets a baffling man in the town of Tariff, who sends him on a voyage to...
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Hero Cycle Quote: “In the shade of the house, in the sunshine on the riverbank by the boats, in the shade of the sallow wood and the fig tree, Siddhartha, the handsome Brahmin’s son, grew up with his friend Govinda.” Explanation: This quote, which is the first sentence in the novel, describes the Ordinary world very well, and represents each element. Mainstream faith is represented through the identification of Siddhartha as a Brahmin’s son. When Siddhartha crosses the threshold into...
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One may believe isolation to be a terrible weakness, but it can be a great advantage: confinement can be used to build individual strength, integrity, and character. In certain circumstances, teamwork may be increasingly beneficial, but that team calls for a strong leader to take them all the way. A capable leader is a vital part of a team, providing Graff’s necessity to make the best commander of Ender through isolation. In Ender’s Game written by Orson Scott Card, this...
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In Thor: The Dark World, Thor develops through the Hero’s Journey. He starts off wanting to be the king of his father’s realm, but an attack on Asgard and the love of his life contracting an Infinity Stone teaches him otherwise. The first part of the Hero’s Journey starts in the hero’s ordinary world; in this case, Asgard. Thor was next in line to be king after his father, Odin. He was eager to be king of the realm and...
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In most tales, there is an epic quest played out by a protagonist character. This character can be openly declared as the hero, or be a simplistic and mundane person who unintentionally takes the hero role. In The Hobbit, Bilbo Baggins ends up being that hero and works through a wild crusade he never consummately signed up for. Our narrative begins with a Hobbit living within the beautiful shire. He lives in tranquillity in his hobbit home, safe from the...
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Bilbo Baggins is a simplistic sentimental hobbit. However, when a band of devious dwarves and a renowned wizard Gandalf the Grey, arrives at his home with a treasure map in hand, his quiet life is disrupted. Gandalf reminds Bilbo of the stories of orcs, giants, and adventurers being lured into a thrilling adventure. Shortly thereafter, Bilbo was enticed to one of those adventures. Gandalf and 13 rambunctious dwarves devise a plan to use the map to find and steal the...
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The Princess Bride, directed by Rob Reiner, is a delightful fantasy adventure comedy. The film follows a pair of lovers, Westley and Buttercup, trying to find their way back to each other after being separated for many years. Westley is a farmhand who works for Buttercup’s family. Buttercup taunts Westley daily by making him do numerous degrading tasks for her. She later realizes she was callous to him. However, Westley loves her so much that he patiently serves her slightest...
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Go on adventure, and conquer the fear, sometimes we need to follow our heart and do things that scare us the most or we aren’t strong enough to do. Marlin expresses inordinate fear towards the ocean, he teaches Nemo to fear because of his past experiences. His first step to vanquish the terror that controls his life is the quest for Nemo, he ventures on a search and rescue mission regardless of the peril he is bound to. During his...
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The story of Divergent is set in a futuristic dystopian city, Chicago. The city, built by its founders, is divided into five factions that each represent a different virtue, Abnegation: The selfless Amity: The peaceful Candor: The honest Dauntless: The Brave Erudite: And the Intelligent Teenagers have to decide which faction they want to go for the rest of their lives and most teenagers belong to a certain faction. However, Tris Prior is not a normal teenager because she doesn’t...
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Frozen, by Walt Disney Pictures, revolves around two sisters, Elsa and Anna. Princess Elsa of Arendelle possesses magical powers that enable her to create snow and ice. As children, the two sisters would often use their powers to play together until one day Elsa accidentally injures Anna. After this incident, the King and Queen keep the sisters away from each other and erase Anna’s memories of Elsa’s superpowers. Years later, the King and Queen get lost at sea and Arendelle...
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The main protagonist of this story is a twelve-year-old boy named Miguel. Although his family banned music from their lives, this young boy still dreamed of to be part of a musician. The reason why their family banned the music into their lives was because his great-great-grandmother Imelda believed that her husband who was a musician left her and her daughter COCO in exchange for his career as a musician. Since then, Imelda decided to ban the music forever into...
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In Joseph Campbell’s A Hero With A Thousand Faces, he establishes a universal system in which to prove that every hero story is the same story...The Monomyth. Campbell’s seventeen-step method can compare any work from any period. The seventeen steps are broken down into three different sections to organize the different parts of a hero’s journey. As we soon shall see, whether present in the vast, almost oceanic images of the Orient, in the vigorous narratives of the Greeks, or...
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This issue has been escalated by technological and economic change. The jobs today have changed exponentially, leaving many questions about whether job advancements are even purposeful to our future. Technology has changed everything; social structures and even our capabilities. Since the release of ‘Terminator’ in the 80s, our generation has embodied the fear of what machines may do to us, and that technology may have already swallowed us without an escape. This has already happened to some people. Social networks...
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What if, you woke up in a black, cold metal box? You have no recollection of any memories of anything except your first name. Not your last name, not your friends, not even your family. But thinking that you are there to help solve the problem they haven't been able to figure out for years on end. In James Dashner’s novel, The Maze Runner, a group of strangers must work together to find their way outside of a maze where...
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This book was written by Neil Gaiman in June 2009. Coraline, an eleven-year-old girl, was a different girl from the others, she was very curious, and she liked investigating every place she went. One day she had moved with her family in Michigan. In the condominium on the ground floor lived two sisters a little bit old and retired, Miss Spink and Miss Forcible, while on the upper floor lived Mr Bobo. Coraline in one of her investigations saw many...
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Identity is a mysterious entity. One may believe that identity is a solid and unchanging entity, but Doctor Strange shows that one’s identity is much more complex than one may believe. The film uncovers the profound transformation of the identity of the main character, who turns from a gifted doctor to a handicapped and ultimately to a superhero. Profound changes that occur to the body and capabilities of the main character mirror his identity, which transforms and evolves along with...
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The Star Wars trilogy and prequels were a part of millions of young lives. It all started in 1977 when George Lucas released the first movie A New Hope. With three blockbuster movies, George Lucas had secured one of the greatest science fiction sagas of all time. During the rise of the Star Wars saga, he was asked why he made Star Wars in a personal interview. He responded with, “The reason I’m making Star Wars is that I want...
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This classic Disney movie is like most with a villain and a hero. I’m sure all of you have seen this movie as a child, but when you were 3 compared to now, I’m sure you would all have a greater understanding of the hero in a story and the villain. But just in case you didn’t catch on, a hero is someone who puts themselves at risk for others and the greater good. Heroes are brave. Heroes often have...
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In many cultures heroism is defined very differently, for example in Christianity a hero is considered helping those in need and putting others before yourself. Beowulf and Anglo-Saxon culture relate in a lot of aspects, such as loyalty and bravery. They both show this type of similarity at many points throughout the story. Beowulf shows his bravery when he is about to fight Grendel the monster, He began to remove his iron breast mail, Took off the helmet and handed...
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Created by Michael DiMartino and Bryan Konietzko and aired from the year 2005 until 2008, Avatar: The Last Airbender is an animated American television series. This series is imbued with a fantastic storyline, filled with compelling characters, and is beloved by viewers of all age groups. It may seem like just an animated story, existing to entertain its audience but in reality, the show educates the public, especially children on complex morals, attitudes, and humanism that are relatable to our...
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Introduction "The Hunger Games" by Suzanne Collins is a captivating dystopian novel that follows the journey of Katniss Everdeen, a young girl forced to participate in a brutal televised competition. Through the lens of Joseph Campbell's concept of the Hero's Journey, this essay critically examines the narrative structure of "The Hunger Games" and explores how Katniss embodies the archetypal hero on her transformative quest. Departure The first phase of the Hero's Journey is the Departure, where the hero is called...
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Based in ‘Hero With A Thousand Faces’, it explains the typical heroic tale in which a heroic protagonist sets out, goes on exciting adventures, and returns home. It is a valuable method for analyzing conventional literature through time and culture. The four stages that I have decided to write on are: ‘Ordinary World’, ‘Call to Adventure’, ‘Refusal to Call’, and ‘Ordeal’. The ‘Hero's Journey’ is a traditional narrative framework portrayed by worldwide tales. Coined in 1949 by professor Joseph Campbell,...
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According to mythological tradition, what are all hero have in common with the heroes of ancient myths? In my opinions, they are all variants of the same hero. If we consider hero’s journey as a circle, the journey begins and ends in a hero’s ordinary world, but thickest passes through an unfamiliar, special world. Along the way, there are some key events. For example, there are my favourite movie, “Harry Potter” and “Hunger Game”. And also we can look at...
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The heroes of 2018: Marvel’s Black Panther and DC’s Aquaman The past year saw two great releases from the comic book universe, and as always comparisons and battles were due. Through the years, Marvel Comics and DC Comics have always been in a ‘battle’ of who does ‘the superhero’ better, from paper to film format, and this is not a matter of who is winning, but it gets the discussion going. It could be said that everybody wins and benefits...
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All literary stories have a theme. The theme is the main idea or message that the author wants the audience to take away from the story. My favorite stories read in this class were The Odyssey, Sundiata, and The Epic of Gilgamesh. I enjoyed these three epics, because I could relate to the main character’s experiences. All three of these epics contain a theme that is shown throughout the story. This theme is called The Journey. While reading these epics,...
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The Hero’s Journey Essay Over the course of thousands of years, human beings have been at the center of creative activity. From the time our ancient ancestors first communicated using rudimentary language in the prehistoric period, they have created their own basic stories. As such, storytelling is an innate part of humanity as well as an instinct. Since we were born, we have been exposed to countless stories from such as movies, novels, TV shows, myths, fairy tales, and even...
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In 1949, American Professor of Literature, Joseph Campbell, came up with The Hero's Journey, a supposed sequence of characteristics, in some form or another, present in all heroic stories. So, does this theory hold up? Or is it just another idea that your English teacher told you was important, but you're never really going to use it? You might be surprised to know that it holds some water. The general theory behind The Hero's Journey goes like this. A call...
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In my opinion Classical, African, and American mythologies are unique, interesting, and some myths were very cruel. In Classical mythology, Daphne was transformed into a laurel tree, in African mythology Isis resurrected her brother and husband Osiris by burying his body, and in American mythology the Xibala twins came back to life after being dead for 6 days. All mythologies have something in common because they all revolve around the same objective: A Hero's Journey, most stories are alike, and...
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The play The Crucible by the playwright, Arthur Miller, is set during the Salem Witch Trials in 1692. As a group of young girls claiming to be possessed by satanic influences, accuse other civilians of witchcraft, John Proctor the tragic hero finds himself at the center. Many lives are at stake as the girls cry out against people they despise or who have wronged them, Proctor and his wife are accused. In the process, his past affair with Abigail comes...
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