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

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

Way Gone was cast out of his town and began a long journey with the group of people he was with. Also,both lost a person or group of people in there groups.Bilbo lost gandalf but if he was still there then he wouldn't have bendable to find his true potential. Ishmael lost the group and made him realize that he can survive on his own and this gave him experience to survive on his own which really helped him later in the book. Lastly, they both went through trials which they were alone and they need to use their skills to survive. Bilbo got lost in the Goblin's cave and trick Gollum stole his ring and followed Gollum out when he was invisible by the ring. Ishmael got lost in the woods and he mad a bed up in the trees and then after he was confitbull on leaving then he left and found another group of boys and served with them for his rest of his journey. Thous are just some similarities in the hero's journey for The Hobbit and A Long Way Gone.

The Hobbit and A Long Way Gone have some differences in the hero's journey and its concept.

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

differences.

The hero's journey in these two novels were similar and different. Ishmael and Bilbo had Separation from groop and the wise person. Also they learned to survive on their own if they must. Lastly, A long Way Gone is real and actually happened unlike The Hobbit. So There for The Hobbit and A Long Way Gone have some similarities and differences. The hero's journey is easy to spot in movies and other books so next time you read a book or watch a movie like for the hero's journey with the hero in your book or movie.