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 As I Lay Dying: Hero's Journey     In As I Lay Dying, the structure of the book often uses non-linear plotting and mobile perspective as a way to tell the story. Confusing as this may be, this story follows Joseph Campbell's Hero's Journey. Decipherable stages of the hero's journey that we can see in the book include the Call to Adventure, and Road of Trials, which I would argue that we are currently on. Though some stages of the Hero's Journey are unclear and don't follow the monomyth down to a T, we can see that the story uses the monomyth as a structure of its storytelling.     Though the Call to Adventure is not at the beginning of the book, it still happens. In this case it happens after we get some context of the characters. Addie Bundren dies, which is the Call to Adventure. This sets off a journey to go to Jefferson. According to Joseph Campbell, this stage begins as " a call to head off into the unknown. According to Campbell, this region is repre
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Legally Blonde: Heroine's Journey      Legally Blonde follows Victoria Lynn Schmitt's heroine's journey basically down to a T. Victoria Lynn Schmitt's narrative helps us understand the ending of Legally Blonde. The ending scene where Elle defends Brooke represents the stage of Rebirth/Moment of Truth and the Return to the New World. These stages are supported by characters such as Emmitt, Vivian, Brooke and Elle's West Coast friends along with Elle's own attire.     Victoria Lynn Schmitt's definition on Wikipedia of the Rebirth/Moment of Truth stage states that "d ue to the support she has gotten, the heroine finds courage and hope again." Before this stage, Elle is about to go back to the West Coast but because of the help from her West Coast friends, she "finds the courage and hope again" to stay even though Callahan hit on her. Without the help of Emmitt as a supervisor and Brooke willingly giving up Callahan as a lawyer and accepting
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Post #2 Siddhartha

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 Return to Siddhartha      Siddhartha by Herman Hesse follows the Hero's Journey monomyth by Joseph Campbell. In Siddhartha , one of the most interesting parts of the story is after he meets Vasudeva again. During that time, Siddhartha achieves many steps of the journey, such as the Ultimate Boon and Refusal of Return. In the most important part of the book, it follows the Hero's Journey.     I think my favorite step of the Hero's Journey that is portrayed in the book is the Refusal of Return. According to Wikipedia, "the hero may not want to return to the ordinary world to bestow the boon onto their fellow beings." In this case, the thing that is holding Siddhartha back is his son. Instead of being a ferryman like in the end of the chapter, In Page 118, it says that "Vasudeva had taken over all the work at the ferry." This is his moment in which he refuses to return. What I find interesting about this is that Siddhartha was much like this in the beginni
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Blog gloB Post #1

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Star Wars: The Hero's Journey         Star Wars: A New Hope ,by George Lucas, makes use of the Hero's Journey by Joseph Campbell. In A New Hope , much of the story is focused mainly when the characters are in the Death Star. When infiltrating the Death Star, the protagonists go through many stages of Joseph Campbell's monomyth. Some examples of these include the Road of Trials which much of the movie is about, Meeting with the Goddess, and Temptation.     The stage of Meeting with the Goddess is not necessarily meeting with a person, but is rather a point where the protagonist gains an asset that will help him or her with the problem. In this case, Luke Skywalker gains a lightsaber from Obi-Wan, which shows him the pathway to the Force. Furthermore, he gains the help of the Princess, which he rescues on the Death Star. It could be argued that he gains the help of Han and Chewbacca, but they come earlier in the story. However, the biggest asset that Luke Skywalker gains is t
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