preview

Big Hero 6 Hero's Journey

Decent Essays

The Hero’s Journey can be found in various films including “Big Hero 6”. If you have already seen this movie then you will know how Hiro, our main character, progresses throughout the 12 stages of the hero’s journey. In this movie Big Hero 6, Hiro Hamada shows what it means to be an epic hero throughout his journey with his diverse group of friends to save his world.

In Hiro’s ordinary world, Hiro, who graduated from high school at 13 and is very smart, bot fights in a dark alley. The movie starts off when he loses the first battle, but then nails the other guy’s machine after. Hiro is about to get his butt kicked by his opponent, when he is rescued by his older brother Tadashi. They race through the city, but are caught by the police and have been put in jail. They are bailed out by their aunt and that is when Tadashi tells Hiro he is wasting …show more content…

Tadashi shows Hiro his own invention, a healthcare robot called Baymax, who will be Hiro’s mentor later on. Hiro immediately wants to enroll into nerd school, but Tadashi tells him he has to make an invention to blow Professor Callaghan mind! Hiro invents thousands of tiny bots (microbots) that he can control with his thoughts. Professor Callaghan welcomes Hiro to the program after his showcase. When Tadashi and Hiro outside to celebrate his victory, there is a huge explosion, and that is when Tadashi rushes back into building to save the Professor; however, they were both “killed”. Hiro becomes a reluctant hero and throws the registration materials away. While in his room, Hiro accidently inflates Baymax which was under his brother’s bed. He then finds one of his own tiny microbots that wasn’t destroyed in the fire. It seems to want to find the other bots, but weren’t they destroyed too? Baymax rushes out of the house to find the other bots which makes Hiro race after him. This is the end of crossing of the

Get Access