Joseph Campbell : The Journey Of The Hero's Journey

(202) scene: In the opening scene of Toy Story(1995), Woody is seen being tossed around by Andy throughout the house. The scene comprises of shots in various parts of the house, showing the close bond Andy has with Woody.

Do you ever wonder if your favorite movie follows the hero's journey? You might ask yourself what even is the hero’s journey. Well the Hero’s journey was made by Joseph Campbell. Joseph Campbell was born March 26 1904 and died October 30 1987. There’s 12 stages for the hero’s journey,which does not mean that all movies follow them,but most do. For example, one movie that follows the hero’s journey is Maleficent. In the movie maleficent, Maleficent displays the hero’s journey when Stefan cuts her wings, then later on she meets Diaval, and a few years later she gets to know Aurora and got to see her more than a monster.

Crossing the threshold is simply what the hero does when he leaves the world that he used to know so that he can begin his adventure. Shrek decided to cross the threshold because Lord Farquad promised him that he would give him back his swamp if he rescues Princess Fiona which urged him to cross that threshold and go on the journey with his new partner Donkey.

The 1st stage is Departure. In the departure of a hero’s journey, as outlined by Joseph Campbell, a hero will question the world he or she lives in because he or she is different. Also in most journey of a hero there will be some sort of call to adventure, or a reason for leaving, which a hero will sometimes deny, and sometimes accept. The ordinary world, (there is something different about our hero in his/her world), he has massive strength. Accepting the call, (challenge accepted) Zeus sends Hercules on a mission to fulfil his god powers so he can join his

As they are all escaping the daycare, Lotso approaches and pushes them into the dumpster. Thankfully for Woody, the baby expresses his good heart and throws in Lotso into the dumpster with them. Sadly, the dumpster was just picked up and was off to the landfill. As they were fighting to get out of the landfill before the big fire, Lotso escapes and leave Woody behind. Woody and his friends were doomed, but at the last second the claw came down (controlled by the Aliens), and were picked them up and brought to safety. Finally, Woody returned and brought the gift of, being a hero to his friends, and the gift of remembering his past mistakes. The hero's journey in Toy Story 3 was expressed through the toy cowboy: Woody. Throughout his journey, he learned to be courageous and to be determined. As he was being taught through the journey and by the mentor he was learning how to become a hero. Without this key journey, the story of the movie would not be the same. Instead, the path of the story could have been accepting your mistakes because of the mistake of going to daycare. But from the journey, he learned a different lesson and is now a hero for helping his friends get out of the daycare.

Two books can seem completely different from each other when judged by characteristics such as genre, plot, and theme. However, if people were to look at the books together and as a whole, they might notice one striking similarity between the two. That striking similarity is known as the hero’s journey. First observed and documented by Joseph Campbell, the hero’s journey is a concept in which heroes, or people who commit actions for the greater good, follow a three-step cycle known as departure, fulfillment, and return. At the first stage of the hero’s journey, the hero receives a call to an adventure that takes him from the comforts of his home. Next, at the most important stage of the hero’s journey, the hero begins to experience life

In the late 1940’s a man named Joseph Campbell shared his Mythic principal with the world. He explains that there is a three-stage formula that he calls a Hero Journey which is the structure of every story. Though most stories are completely different on the outside, the stories are almost structured around these three stages. Stage 1 is the hero leaves the everyday world and enters another world. While Stage 2 the hero is challenged by opposing forces and must pass a series a test throughout the movie. That will then determine who will be victorious, either the hero or the opposing forces. Stage 3 is tied into Stage 2 because if the hero is victorious, they will return to the ordinary world with a gift for the world.

It describes the typical adventure of the archetype known as The Hero, the person who goes out and achieves great deeds on behalf of the group, tribe, or civilization.” The 12 stages of this are ‘the ordinary world’, ‘the call to adventure’, ‘refusal of the call’, ‘meeting with the mentor’, ‘crossing the threshold’, ‘tests, allies and enemies’, ‘approach’, ‘the ordeal’, ‘the reward’, ‘the road back’, ‘the resurrection’ and finally ‘return with the

Woody, who wanted to go back home to Andy and his friends, was hesitant to agree to go to Japan. The Prospector then became afraid of going back into storage when he was so close to freedom and made it his personal goal to keep Woody from leaving. Stinky Pete then became a sympathetic villain here because the actions and decisions he made were all from a fear of being alone and in a box for the rest of his life. The prospector then with all his power uses any method to try to keep Woody from returning home which leads him to use the first rhetorical appeal, ethos.

Woody quickly becomes jealous and insecure with the arrival of Buzz and this turns him into a bully. Not the characteristics expected of a Disney hero. This is shown in the way Woody constantly ridicules Buzz making fun of his name and teases him maliciously about the fact he thinks he actually is a space ranger. This brings us on to Buzz. He is super confidant and suffers from delusions of grandeur. However although he may be a little irritating he is still likeable, cheerful and helpful. He has too much confidence in own abilities. This is why when he sees the advertisement for Buzz Lightyear Action figures he completely loses his will to live and is unable to do anything. This is another theme that self belief has a reflection in what you are able to do as they both find out at the end in that when they have confidence in themselves they are able to rise above seemingly insurmountable obstacles in rescuing Buzz and getting back to Andy. Another theme is that of appearances being deceptive. Woody and Buzz immediately consider the toys in Sid’s room as evil. The audience also get this feeling. Not only do they look disturbing but also they are also associated with Sid who is the main evil character. Despite their initial fears, Woody and Buzz are soon convinced that Sid’s warped creations are also prisoners and are in fact friends. It turns out that without the intervention of Sid’s toys Sid would

Collectivity is shown in the move when Buzz and Woody, the replaced toy, accidentally set off on an adventure and are forced to work together to overcome many obstacles. At one point in the movie, they are trapped in a claw machine and have to find a way out. Although their plan to escape the claw machine goes very south, Woody still tries to help out Buzz. Halberstam would focus on the scene when Buzz and Woody are “won” by Sid the Bully, one of the antagonists in the movie, they are brought to his house and are selected as the ‘lucky’ patients in Sid’s next toy surgery; Buzz and Woody yet again must come together to get out of this horrible predicament. A couple of scenes later they are seen trying to fight of a group of toys who have already been operated upon by Sid but Buzz and Woody do not know that these toys are just like them. They also want to escape from the horrible prison they have been placed in but cannot due to their deformation, so they work together to help out Woody and Buzz escape. Halberstam would notice the change of character the ‘evil’ toys undergo because Halberstam believes that most CGI films include characters that are failures, the deformed toys, and then become great due to their

The next main stage from the Hero’s journey is “The Ordeal,” which is

“The Hero’s Journey Defined” is an article written by Joseph Campbell. In the article, Campbell writes about the characteristics a hero possesses and the stages of his journey. The author also writes about the different challenges the hero must overcome, as well as the the aftermath of the journey. In the article, Campbell talks about the hero’s call that initiates his journey.

Phase two of the hero’s journey is “Initiation and Transformation” and this includes “The Challenges”, “The

Toy Story 2 is an animated movies about a toy cowboy named Woody who was kidnapped from his home by Al McWhiggin, who is the owner of a Al's Toy Barn. Woody's best friend Buzz, a space ranger toy and his other toy friends Rex, Hamm, Slinky Dog, and Mr. Potato decides to go and find Woody before their owner Andy comes back from summer camp. On the other side in Al's apartment Woody meets Jessie who is a cowgirl, a horse toy named Bullseye and Stinky Pete the Prospector. Woody discovers that he is a valuable toy they have been waiting for many years for from an old popular television show called "Woody's Roundup". He finds out they are all being sent to a museum in Japan Woody immediately tells them he has an owner to get back to.