Comparing The Hobbit And A Long Way Gone: The Hero's Journey

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There are many types of archetypes but one that is used a lot is the hero's journey. The hero's journey is this formula were a hero in a story go through multiple steps to get closer and closer to a hero. The Hobbit ¨By J.R.R.Tolkien¨is about this hobbit getting chosen to go on this journey to slay a dragon and Bilbo (the hobbit) forced into the journey somewhat. A Long Way Gone¨By Ishmael Beah¨ is about this kid that is running away from rebels and had to join the army to kill thousands of rebels, take over rebel towns, and did lots of drugs. Both characters in these text do go on some similar and some different parts in the hero's journey.

The Hobbit and A Long Way Gone have some similarities in the hero's journey and its concept. First of all, both of them were basically forced into what they did this was there Separation of there original life. Bilibo in The Hobbit had this group of dwarves barg into his home and he was guilt trip into the journey. Ishmael in A Long …show more content…

First of all, instead of entering into the danger like in The Hobbit Ishmael is running away from the danger. In The Hobbit Bilbo and his group is going to slay a dragon to recover gold but in A Long Way Gone Ishmael is trying to runaway from the war and the rebels. Also, Ishmael is a kid and Bilbow is a Grown hobbit. This states that the plot will be a little bit different because in A Long Way Gone the story is though a couple of years so it took longer for Ishmael to ¨become a hero¨”then Bilbo which is story is a couple of months. Lastley, Bilbo is like a typical fairy tale hero but Ishmael is real life and that it was not created and made up it actually happened. Ishmael is a real person and really went threw the hero's journey so it is more heartfelt and doesn't go in complete order of the hero's journey unlike Bilbo. The Hobbit and A Long Way Gone are very similar but did have a few

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