Hero's Quest Cycle

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1In the introduction of the film, Daniel’s mother is offered a job far from the life they have led. Daniel and his mother leave the ordinary world and accept their Call to Adventure.Their lives in New Jersey are over and they set out to begin a new life in California. Daniel did not have high hopes of their new home and environment just as most heroes are, “... uneasy, uncomfortable and unaware” (Vogler, Hero’s Quest Cycle) of what will happen when they leave their ordinary world. When they arrive in California, Daniel’s new environment starts to change him. He quickly makes a new friend who welcomes his new neighbor to a beach party. This is where Daniel’s call to adventure really begins as “his situation shakes up” (Vogler, Hero’s Quest Cycle).

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