Ricky And Morty: The Hero's Journey

One needs to imagine their favorite book or movie. Now they must think, does this story contain a main character who leaves his normal reality, faces trials or hardships while in this unfamiliar land, and eventually return to their original grounds? The answer is most likely yes. This is due to Joseph Campbell’s realization of what hero’s or other characters almost always go through while being seen in tale or story. This is seen as the hero’s journey, in which there are steps that one could place in certain spots to parallel pretty much any reading or movie they want. One example of this is seen through the movie 10 Cloverfield Lane. This is the adventure of a young woman, Michelle, who leaves her husband and while

Joseph Campbell defined a classic sequence of actions that are found in many stories, as well as books and TV shows. He called it “The Hero’s Journey.” It is also known as the Monomyth. The hero’s journey is broken down into three categories: separation, initiation, and return. Each category breaks down into 17-stages. In Oscar Wilde’s A Picture of Dorian Gray, Jon Krakauer’s Into the Wild, and Isabel Allende’s The House of the Spirits, the protagonists embark upon the hero’s journey in order to make such choices that lead them to death. Dorian Gray takes the journey in search of beauty and youth. Christopher McCandless takes off on an adventure into the wild. Clara communicates with spirits and explores the world of magic.

Watching a film, one can easily recognize plot, theme, characterization, etc., but not many realize what basic principle lies behind nearly every story conceived: the hero’s journey. This concept allows for a comprehensive, logical flow throughout a movie. Once the hero’s journey is thoroughly understood, anyone can pick out the elements in nearly every piece. The hero’s journey follows a simple outline. First the hero in question must have a disadvantaged childhood. Next the hero will find a mentor who wisely lays out his/her prophecy. Third the hero will go on a journey, either literal or figurative, to find him/herself. On this journey the hero will be discouraged and nearly quit his/her quest. Finally, the

The archetype of the Hero’s Journey holds a prevalent pattern in the works of “Initiation” by Sylvia Plath, “A & P” by John Updike, and “Everyday Use” by Alice Walker. These works all follow the 17 stages of Joseph Campbell’s Monomyth which are separated in three stages; separation, initiation, and return. The main characters have different characterizations; however, they all follow the basic structure of the Hero’s journey archetype. There are many similarities and differences between the stages that are shown through many context clues and literary devices in each work. The Hero’s Journey archetype expressed in these literary works follow a similar and direct narrative pattern.

Every character that travels down a path, that encounters obstacles on their journey, that makes sacrificial decisions faces each of these components as they undertake a life-altering quest. Often times the hero ventures out to save someone or solve a problem, but in fact, their true journey is a search for self-knowledge. Through every obstacle and road-block along the way, the character discovers more about themselves and their true identity. Though they may have journeyed across great lands to accomplish their mission, the thing they were searching for was inside of them all along; the journey and challenges only helped to reveal their real character. As explained in Thomas C. Foster’s literary criticism, How to Read Literature Like a Professor,

The adventures and often misadventures of this grandson and grandpa duo along with their family members are a delight and often downright absurd to watch. There are moments of preposterous incidents that'll leave with a stupefied expression and then immediately sent you off into fits of laughter. It is a highly entertaining show, where their exploits cross over multiple universes and dimensions and often end up interacting with beings from another world, trying to catapult the series into the fringes of possible realms within comprehension. But it has the titular characters sharing a close bond while simultaneously possessing eccentric personalities to keep us intrigued; the other characters of the

Small or big, everything we do in life is part of our journey. Reg Harris’ “The Hero’s Journey” describes the voyage one takes throughout life to grow and change as a person. He breaks the journey down into eight steps leading to the return. It starts out as a goal that isn’t always easy to reach, one goes through hardship and personal doubts only to succeed and become a better person. An example of this journey can be found in the movie, Troy through the character Achilles. Achilles is a strong fearless warrior in the movie, Troy who goes through “The Hero’s Journey” and ends up with a change of heart.

The “hero’s journey”, coined by Joseph Campbell, is a pattern in the plot structure of literature, myths, and oral tradition in which the hero is consistently faced with similar obstacles and achieves many of the same goals. The first part of the hero’s journey is “The Call.” The hero is usually living a very comfortable and easy life, unaware of the journey ahead. The hero is then faced with a situation or dilemma which eventually causes them to seek change. The hero, at this point, tends to refuse the call to adventure in fear of the unknown. Once the hero has been given the strength to push past the unknown, they have entered the threshold. The hero will experience many challenges and temptations where the hero is tested, eventually reaching “The Abyss,” the most difficult challenge. The hero is then transformed by these trials and returns home to every-day life and begins to contribute to their society. The novel, Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston, the protagonist, Janie, experiences the hero’s journey first-hand through overcoming obstacles and transforming herself. In Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston, the heroine Janie overcomes many obstacles and is therefore transformed into a self reliant woman.

The movie “Lone Survivor” is an excellent example of Joseph Campbell’s idea of the “monomyth”, or more widely known as the Hero’s Journey. The Hero’s Journey outlines the steps a hero will likely take on their path to become and develop as a hero. It has three main parts; The Departure, The Initiation, and The Return, with all of them consisting of smaller parts of the journey. “Lone Survivor”, the movie, follows these steps very closely, almost mirroring the Hero’s Journey as Campbell wrote it. It is a very good example of the Hero’s Journey.

Many of the stories that have been told for centuries, or have recently been created, incorporate the story of a young innocent character who embarks on a journey and becomes a hero, known as The Hero’s Journey; a series of steps that all heroes follow. This journey not only shows the main character becoming a hero but also shows the hero move along a path similar to that of adolescence, the path between childhood and maturity. The Hero’s Journey was created by a man by the name of Joseph Campbell. He wrote a book called The Hero with One Thousand Faces, a novel containing a variety of stories that follow the steps of the Hero’s Journey. One famous creation that follows The Hero’s Journey is the science fiction

In most works of fiction, journey is a trial of the protagonists’ character, skill, loyalty, among other virtues and qualities. Journey might entail hardship and suffering, but one might gain a valuable and lasting experience and knowledge. Protagonist might grow as a character and develop into a more complex being. It is highly likely that in most fictional stories, protagonist starts out as innocent and inexperienced, whose lifestyle is devoid of any complexities and ignorant of the outside world. Lifestyle that shortens the perspective of the protagonist and opposing to any change. However, protagonists’ lifestyle is affected by something or someone, in some cases greatly altering their character. In books, Alice in Wonderland, Through the Looking Glass, Golden Compass and Wind in the Willows, protagonists embark on

Since ancient times, heroes were considered to be an important part of people’s everyday lives. While their stories often differed in content and the messages they carried, most heroic tales followed the same pattern— The Hero’s Journey. In the 1940s, mythologist and writer Joseph Campbell decided to analyze the mythic and archetypal principles embedded in the structure of stories. Campbell’s Book, The Hero with a Thousand Faces, identified similar patterns that most myths and stories would follow. He created a structure to identify the heroes’ narratives and uncover their missions. Christopher Vogler, a Hollywood executive producer, came up with twelve stages of a Hero’s Journey.

The archetype of the journey can be described as a set of steps used to progress the protagonist through the story. Joseph Campbell’s journey include a call to adventure, supernatural aid, threshold, mentor, challengers,

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     In literature, the Journey is often a metaphor for discovery. The journey motif is used in Coleridge’s “The Rime of the Ancient Mariner.” It is also shown in Hawthorne’s “My Kinsman, Major Molineux” and “Young Goodman Brown.” In these stories, each main character changes sometime between the beginning and the end of the story. In addition, religion plays a part in each of these stories. Typically, in journey literature the hero encounters several obstacles that he or she must overcome.