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Summary Of The Hero Cycle Of Baba Yaga

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The Ordinary World
Stage one of the Hero Cycle is called the Ordinary World. This is the hero’s everyday life, where he is oblivious to the adventure that is to come, and the reader learns details that may be helpful later in the story. In many stories, this stage shows the hero in a human world. This makes the hero character easier to identify with, thus making the him easier to emphasize with later on in the story.
In the story “Baba Yaga,” the Ordinary World is when the reader finds out essential background information about the characters and why the are in a certain situation. More specifically, that the story takes place in Russia, and how after two children’s mother had died, their father wed an evil woman who he had two more children with. The orphaned children’s ordinary world is their stepmother being cruel to them.

Call to Adventure The next stage of the Hero Cycle is called Call to Adventure. This is when something disrupts the hero’s ordinary world and presents a challenge for him to undertake. This call to action throws the hero’s everyday life off balance, and initiates what will happen if the hero ignores the call. Many times, the hero must choose between two different calls.
In “Baba Yaga,” the Call to Adventure is when the orphan's stepmother sends them away to a witch, but tells them they are going to her Grandmother’s house instead. This is an untraditional call, because the orphans are under the impression they are going to a loving Grandmother’s

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