The Hero's Journey Research Paper

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The Hero's Journey

Heroine

The Arc of the Hero's Journey

You are probably familiar with the hero's journey.

Popularized by Joseph Campbell's book, The Hero with a Thousand Faces, the hero's journey is about the hero leaving his place of comfort to the unknown and returning as a changed man (or woman). There is a little more to it that than (call to adventure, temptation, mentors, death & rebirth, atonement, etc.), but you get the point.

It is the journey not the destination that makes the story (the destination after all is just where you started), but to have a journey you need a quest. That call to adventure.

However, the hero's journey doesn't have to be hard, it doesn't have to be arduous. And here is the real secret: it can be a