The Hero's Journey is something that we all may encounter in our lives. We may of seen or heard this happen too. The Hero's Journey is a pattern of events that always follow along the same lines, mostly this happens in stories such as books and movies. Almost every movie and/or book has the hero's journey and the characters involved in it. Believe it or not, this happens in all major stories that become popular. One of the many stories that I think fall very well under these categories is the book, and movie, The Hunger Games. The Hunger Games fits every category, with every person in every place, and also has the journey that is needed to fit these places to be called a Hero’s Journey. Though her journey Katniss learns how to help others to …show more content…
The ordinary world is the place that is safe to the person, or group, that is going on the journey. The ordinary world can be their house, school, city, state, and many others. Really, it depends on how large or small of a comfort zone the character has. In The Hunger Games the Ordinary world is Katniss’s, the main character that goes on the journey, district 12. The unknown world is the other part, or place, of the journey that traveler goes to. The unknown world is the place that the traveler is scared to go, or a place that they have never been to before and don’t know what to expect. The unknown world is where the traveler has to overcome problems or face their fears. For Katniss that is the city and where the hunger games are held when she volunteers to go in the games for her little sister, Prim. But what happens first in the adventure is the ordinary world, and that is where the adventure starts to …show more content…
The resurrection is the feeling of being safe or saved, and in this case for Katniss this is when she is back at home and is finally back in her district 12. The Return with elixir is what the traveler comes back with, this could be a life lesson that they learned or an actual item that they have been given for going through their journey. For Katniss she returns with a lesson that she has been learning and discovering throughout her journey, which is how she is always helping others and putting their needs before hers as much as she can. She learned that helping others helps herself too and doing so also affects the many around her that she may not have come in contact
Yamato, Jen. Burning Questions.“The Hunger Games and Real World Parallels: “Can kids all become Katniss Everdeen”. Movie Line. March 13, 2012. Web. May 04, 2012
One well-known example of “The Hero’s Journey” from popular culture is the Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone, by J.K. Rowling. In the novel, Harry Potter, the main character, is the chosen one and “The Hero’s Journey” applies to his life from the moment he is attacked by He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named as a baby. Joseph Campbell calls the initial phase of a hero’s development the “Call to Adventure.” The call is the in... ...
Vogler states that “ The hero comes back to the ordinary world, but the adventure would be meaningless unless he/she brought back the elixir, treasure, or some lesson from the special world (Vogler).” They bring back hope to their district and the rest of Panem. The elixir that Katniss returns with is the knowledge and drive to change Panem. Katniss and Peeta winning the hunger games started a revolution in Panem.They return with the knowledge of the hunger games which they plan to teach to future competitors from district 12. Peeta, Katniss, and Haymitch are all mentors for District 12. Their rebellious actions in the games may seem small, but they started a whole new rebellion on a much larger
The hero’s journey is a useful tool in analyzing narratives of all kinds, from myths to movies to everyday life. One of the most iconic stages in the Hero’s Journey is the ordeal, otherwise known as the belly of the whale or the cave, in which the protagonist has reached their darkest and most hopeless point – things cannot get worse. Once the hero gets through the main ordeal, their journey home is much more sedated. This can be paralleled to the encompassing plot structure, in which there is a climax, and then the intensity of the story winds down again. This stage is one of the most universal in the hero’s journey, because without conflict and climax, there is no drive or reward within the story. Popular movies such as The Hunger Games,
The hero’s journey can be seen as a set of laws or challenges that every hero faces through their own journey(Christopher Vogler). The hero’s journey is used as a general term such as all
Katniss Everdeen, a sixteen year old woman from District Twelve, faces life threatening challenges in order to stay alive, her decisions could cause her own demise, leave her family with everlasting disbelief, sorrow, and misery. If Katniss does not make wise decisions, her beloved sister, Primrose, could grow up motherless. In contrast, if she makes sensible decisions, she could return home to live in wealth and never see her family starve. The Hunger Games is a mean of entertainment for the citizens in Panem and Districts one through twelve. Each District randomly chooses one young male and female to go fight in an arena only to be the last one standing and fight for survival. Katniss’s main focus is staying alive and for her to do this,
The Hero’s Journey is an ancient archetype that we find throughout our modern life and also, in the world of literature.Whether metaphorical or real, the journey that a character goes on shows not only the incredible transformation of the hero but it also gives them their life meaning. It is the ultimate human experience and it reflects on every aspect of life. Take Logan, also known as Wolverine, from the X-Men movie as an example. His adventure starts with “The Call,” which is the first step of the Hero’s Journey. This step happens due to the realization of imbalance and injustice that the character has in their life. Logan steps into the first stage of the pattern but is hesitant to start his adventure because he does not know what and
In both books they share some traits, even though they may not look anything alike they are. both of these novels are dystopian novels and many characters share similarity’s.
The movie “The Hunger Games” has many similarities and relations to World Mythology. While it may not seem like this movie is as myth related as others, such as Troy and Thor, many of the themes and situations in the movie were inspired by the stories of the great myths and epics. The overall theme of the movie is courage, strength, and destiny.
The Hero’s Journey is a pattern of narrative that appears in novels, storytelling, myth, and religious ritual. It was first identified by the American scholar Joseph Campbell in his book A Hero with Thousand Faces. Campbell also discussed this pattern in his interview to Bill Moyers which was later published as a book The Power of Myths. This pattern describes the typical adventure of the archetype known as The Hero, the person who goes out and achieves great deeds. Campbell detailed many stages in the Hero’s Journey, but he also summarized the pattern in three fundamental phases: Separation, Ordeal, and Return that all heroes, in spite of their sex, age, culture, or religion, have to overcome in order to reach the goal. Alice in Wonderland, written by Lewis Carroll, provides a good example of the Hero's Journey. This story describes the adventures of Alice, a young English girl, in Wonderland. Although she lacks some of the stages identified by Campbell, she still possesses many of them that are necessary for a Hero to be considered a Hero.
I unwilllingly walked through the entrance of regret and guilt. With teary eyes from what happened the night before, I didn’t know what I could say. All I thought was ‘It was an accident’ but that didn’t matter anymore.
The Hero’s Journey is a basic template utilized by writers everywhere. Joseph Campbell, an American scholar, analyzed an abundance of myths and literature and decided that almost all of them followed a template that has around twelve steps. He would call these steps the Hero’s Journey. The steps to the Hero’s Journey are a hero is born into ordinary circumstances, call to adventure/action, refusal of call, a push to go on the journey, aid by mentor, a crossing of the threshold, the hero is tested, defeat of a villain, possible prize, hero goes home. The Hero’s Journey is more or less the same journey every time. It is a circular pattern used in stories or myths.
The story of hunger games movie takes place in the nation of panem; which used to be in the north of America. The nation of panem consists of a wealthy capitol and twelve poorer districts. The thirteen district was supposedly destroyed, so In order to remind the people of the history each year, the Capitol created an annual event the hunger a reality T.V show in which twenty four children from the remaining district must fight in to death,. The main purpose of the hunger games movie was to show the rebels (other districts) that not even children are beyond the reach of their power.
The monomyth or also known as the hero 's journey, is found in many different types of stories/myths/movies from around the world, no matter what the culture or setting it is a part of. There are twelve stages in which the hero participates in, where the hero goes on an adventure, is in a decisive crisis, wins a reward and comes out of it a changed or transformed person. Hercules, is a Greek myth and is an American animated film loosely based on Ancient Greco-Roman mythology, Heracles. The story is modernised in the 1997 to a Disney film and follows the hero 's journey structure. The Hunger Games is a Dystopian fiction set in American, is written by Suzanne Collins and also follows the same structure of the hero 's journey. Regardless of the
‘The Hunger Games’ is a dystopian novel that has engaged many readers throughout the years. Suzanne Collins, the author, establishes a society called Panem, that is is divided in 12 districts and the powerful Capital. Every year the Capital hosts the games and each district draws one girl and boy to enter as tributes.