Throughout history, many people have done significant things to help others. These people are typically called heroes. Harriet Tubman is a very well-known name and is still talked about in history class today. She risked her life to help save others and give them a better life. Harriet Tubman's life can be categorized from the start of her journey to the end of her journey by using the template of the Hero’s Journey, made famous by Joseph Campbell. Harriet was born in Dorchester County, Maryland during March 1822 in the ordinary world as a slave held in captivity (“About Harriet Tubman”). She first had the job of checking muskrat traps, but then caught the measles and was unable to work. Harriet then became a babysitter (“Harriet Tubman timeline”). When she was still…show more content… After this experience, Harriet never wanted to experience this physical and emotional pain again. Harriet’s apotheosis happened when she successfully saved a few slaves on her first mission. This would be the climax of her journey and would lead to her going back on multiple trips as a conductor to save many more lives. The lives she saved would serve as the ultimate boon to her. Completing her mission without a single death was a big achievement for her. It was a big achievement that no other conductor had ever achieved, and because of this, Harriet would be scouted out by politicians and abolitionists up north (Han and Rivard). She would soon be recruited by John Andrews to work for the Union generals in Port Royal, South Carolina, where she would help recruit black spies and nurse wounded soldiers (Han and Rivard). After the Underground Railroad, Harriet experienced what could be considered as the refusal of the return. Harriet chose to keep fighting, and during the Civil War, she enlisted in the Union
