Star Girl Hero's Journey

485 Words1 Page

Liam Kennedy Mr. Brown Period 5 Star Girl Hero’s Journey The first part of the Hero’s journey begins in the ordinary world. In the book, Star Girl, the protagonist Leo’s ordinary world is his high school where there are no leaders and all students act the same. Although Leo is different than the others, he keeps to himself. The next part of the hero’s journey is the call to adventure. After seeing Star Girl in school everyday for some time, Leo begins to have a crush on Star Girl and thinks about her often. Leo refuses this call by telling his school show co-host, Kevin, that they shouldn’t have Star Girl on the show, although Kevin wants her on it. Leo refuses the call again when Star Girl calls him “cute,” and he blushes and says nothing. …show more content…

He gives Leo the advice to ask Star Girl questions and get to know her. The next step in the Hero’s journey is crossing the threshold. For Leo, this is allowing Star Girl to do the school show. After this, there are tests, allies, and enemies, in the hero’s journey. For Leo, he must witness his Crush lose her status and become hated. On top of that Star Girl flirts with him and causes other students to hate Leo for associating with her. Star Girl even tries acting normal to please Leo, but quickly gives up and acts herself. The next part of the hero’s journey is the ordeal. For Leo, the ordeal is ending his relationship with Star Girl, because he believes this is the right thing to do for his own sake. Leo is sad but feels he did the right thing. She attends the dance without Leo and is again accepted by other students. Star Girl then moves away before the school year is over and is not seen again. After this, the hero will seize the sword. In Leo’s case his reward was not positive. He had only the pain of knowing he gave up a relationship for social status and that Star Girl is now gone. Now in the hero’s journey is the road back. For Leo this was his conversation with Archie about Star Girl that followed years

Show More
Related

  • Richard Tyre Hero Story Essay

    2020 Words  | 5 Pages

    This paper examines the argument and theory proposed by Richard H. Tyre of the six basic movements of a plot in a hero story. Although Tyre’s theory does seem too narrow focused, fixed and direct to fit with the plot structure of all hero stories, he makes a great point and provides adequate evidence to support his statement.

    Read More

  • The Hero's Journey Demonstrated By Leigh Anne Touhy

    1078 Words  | 3 Pages

    Leigh Anne leaves her Ordinary World by Crossing the Threshold into the Special World, where she must overcome a series of challenges. Leigh Anne’s journey begins when she helps out a juvenile in need. As a wife and a mom of two Mrs. Touhy seems to live a normal life in her Memphis, Tennessee home. Ole Miss graduate Leigh Anne Touhy and husband Sean Touhy run a fast- paced and hardworking household in their quaint Tennessee home. A Campbellian Hero must have an Ordinary World that she is able to leave in order to get to the Special World. Heroes do not always look the same, or even appear as a Hero, “Heroes wear many faces because of their responses to the numerous needs of individuals” (Brown). Young Michael Oher is trying to find a place where he fits in and is accepted, when the Touhy family welcomes him with open arms. She soon realizes that Michael in is need of help and she says herself, “I just think Michael needed somebody, and it was so evident that there was nobody in his life. And it just broke my heart” (Touhy). Leigh Anne reacts to her call to adventure briskly and almost without second thought. Leigh Anne Touhy is the matriarch of the Touhy family, and she is the one that runs things. She does not have a mentor, no...

    Read More

  • Stereotypes Revealed In Jerry Spinelli's Stargirl

    600 Words  | 2 Pages

    The book Stargirl, written by Jerry Spinelli is about a girl named Stargirl. Stargirl recently enrolled to a new school, Mica High School. She was different from the other students in several ways. She wore different outfits from the other kids and walked around Mica High playing her ukulele at lunch. Some of her behaviors led to Stargirl becoming the most popular girl in school. This includes cheering for the opposing team when she was a cheerleader. Stargirl makes an impact on her fellow classmates because she united a school through her unconventional ways. However, the student body turned on her and was mean to her. Stargirl was treated poorly by her peers because they bullied her, called her names, and insulted Stargirl.

    Read More

  • Joy Luck Club Hero's Journey Analysis

    1814 Words  | 4 Pages

    Every hero goes through a journey of their own according to Joseph Campbell in which he calls “The Hero’s Journey” . In the book The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan, Jing Mei Woo or June embarks on a journey into finding herself beginning with her mother’s past ,which reflects how she transforms into a better person as a daughter. Along the way, June encounters many allies that guides her with the memories that her mother, Suyuan Woo, had left behind. She deals with inner conflicts and struggled to overcome them because she doubted her abilities which were results of her previous failures. After conquering her doubts through memories of her mother’s lessons, June sees her life in a different point of view. As she fought her way through the hindrances

    Read More

  • Individuality In Stargirl

    382 Words  | 1 Pages

    We don't see many people in the world who express individuality. However, we see popularity and amount of followers we have on our Instagram to represent our reputation in the public. In the novel, Stargirl by Jerry Spinelli, we can see that individuality can still be expressed even if the whole school despises you. The main character, Stargirl, demonstrates how to be yourself and how it's better to be yourself than to become someone else.

    Read More

  • 'The Hero Myth In O Connor Lassiter's Unwind'

    589 Words  | 2 Pages

    As the story comes to its conclusion, the hero has endured his hardships; he went from the one that started fights to the one that thought of what could make everything work. An ordinary person in an ordinary world faced his share of trials and tribulations to come out as a new person. Defining the hero myth—he struggled and still was able to triumph to his prize at the end ; individuals relish these type of stories, they can

    Read More

  • The Blind Side Hero's Journey Essay

    1126 Words  | 3 Pages

    As the hero surpasses the world of common day they find their call to adventure. Leigh-Anne worries about Michael and considers bringing Michael in as one of her own. Next, the refusal of the call, Michael is a quiet and reserved person, whose action are questionable to Sean Tuohy, Leigh-Annes husband. He worries that becoming legal guardians of Michael will influence him to take advantage of Leigh-Annes actions to provide for michael. Her actions are a true reflection of Campbell’s affirmations as he acknowledges in his book, A Hero with a Thousand Faces, “The big question is are you going to be able to say a hearty yes to your adventure?” Leigh-Anne always gets her way and has no fear that she will do anything to support Michael. Meeting with the mentor, as Leigh-Anne approaches her journey with Michael, her family, Sean, her daughter Collins, and her son SJ help to guide and mentor her. Her family begins to truly see how Michael is impacting their lives. As Leigh-Anne crosses the threshold she takes in her family's support of becoming Michael's family. Michaels worries begin to surpass as he no longer has to figure when his next meal will be or even where he will have to sleep. Leigh-Anne grew up with a racist background and her dad never accepted African American people. However, she herself saw nothing different by the color of Michael's skin. Leigh-Annes friends begin to test her choices and how Michael may

    Read More

  • bridesmaids

    728 Words  | 2 Pages

    The call of adventure is the first step of the hero’s journey. Annie is offered to be her best friend’s maid of honor. Lillian tells Annie that she is now engaged and regardless of Annie’s relationship status, she accepts the offer. This is an example of the call of adventure; where the hero is presented with a voyage. Annie is introduced to some of Lillian’s acquaintances and she realizes that they have a different life than hers. All of them can afford what she can’t. This is where the hero starting to show limits and has to overcome to truly begin the journey. This will be the threshold of the hero’s journey. Annie meets Helen who is much more beautiful, skillful and wealthier than her. ...

    Read More

  • The Heros Journey In The Hero's Journey

    774 Words  | 2 Pages

    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

    Read More

  • The Modern Heroine: I Am Malala

    1508 Words  | 4 Pages

    Joseph Campbell describes the hero’s journey as a quest where the “hero ventures forth from the world of common day into a region of supernatural wonder: fabulous forces are there encountered and a decisive victory is won: the hero comes back from this mysterious adventure with the power to bestow boons on his fellow man” (Campbell 7). The heroine’s quest, according to Valerie Estelle Frankel includes “battling through pain and intolerance, through the thorns of adversity, through death and beyond to rescue loved ones” (Frankel 11). Contrary to the hero’s journey, the heroine’s journey focuses on the “culture on the idealization of the masculine” while the hero’s journey focuses on the adventures. In the inspiring autobiography, I Am Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban, Malala Yousafzai represents a heroine because she goes through the stages of the heroine’s journey as she refuses to be silenced and risks death to confront the Taliban on behalf of the young Pakistani girls that are deprived of education. The stages of the journey include the ordinary world, the call to adventure, the supernatural aid, the crossing of the first threshold, the road of trials, the ordeal, death and rebirth, and the return with the elixir.

    Read More

  • Hero Journey In The Novel 'Inhuman' By Kat Falls

    1336 Words  | 3 Pages

    The first stage of the hero journey, was the separation or departure. The first part of the separation is the Call to Adventure. That all started out when Delaney and a couple friends flew a remote control helicopter into the Feral Zone, which is illegal to go to, as they have been quarantined to the west of a wall that was built, keeping them

    Read More

  • Esfandya Hero's Journey

    412 Words  | 1 Pages

    Esfandya was the son of King Goshtasp and a divine warrior of Iran. He was a real hero because he supported the prophet Zartosht enabling him to spread the religion of Zoroastrianism. He also fought against many apostates and enemies of Zartosht to do so. In return, Zartosht gave Esfandiyār a chain and armor from Heaven. The armor made him invincible and the chain had the power to bind anyone, even a demon or evil magician, making them unable to escape. Esfandiyār successfully manages to repel an invasion in far-off provinces. Upon returning he went on another mission to rescue his sisters who had been kidnaped by king of Turan Arjaasb passing through a difficult and dangerous path. He encountered two monstrous wolves, two man eating lions,

    Read More

  • The Joy Luck Club Hero's Journey

    1492 Words  | 3 Pages

    Joseph Campbell’s Hero’s Journey consists of three main parts that each hero must trek through in order to complete their quest. The departure or call to adventure, the hero’s fulfillment which includes the trials and transformations that he or she will go through and the hero’s return. Through these stages heroes find themselves and accomplish things they may have never believed were possible. The Joy Luck Club follows the lives of four women and the things they had to overcome while in China and later in America with their daughters. In The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tam each woman goes through their own journey, some embarking on a journey more heroic than others. Each of the women had their own difficulties during their lives in China and then

    Read More

  • Summary of the Film Hero

    354 Words  | 1 Pages

    scenes which gives you the need to be one of the characters from the flick.

    Read More

  • Harry Potter and The Hero's Journey

    1096 Words  | 3 Pages

    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... ...

    Read More

More about Star Girl Hero's Journey

Open Document