The hero's journey 17-step model
The hero's journey is a type of structure that many stories tend to follow. A 17-step model describing various parts of the hero's journey structure, created by Joseph Campbell, is used to identify key parts of a story that would make the story a heros journey narrative. It is split into 3 parts: the separation, the initiation, and the return. In this post, I will critically reflect on the model by explaining the steps and saying what I think of them. The seperation is the stage in which the main character is in the "normal world" and is going to enter the "other world". It includes 4 of the 17 steps: Call to Adventure, Refusal of the Call, Supernatural Aid, and Crossing the First Threshold. The Call to Adventure is a motivation for the character to start the adventure by entering the other world. The Refusal of the Call is self-explanitory. Supernatural Aid and Crossing the First Threshold represent some supernatural force allowing ...