The Hobbit Hero's Journey Essay

A Hero’s Journey

A hero’s journey can be used as a pattern to develop a story in most genres. The monomyth is like a basic guideline for story plots. Through different genres different aspects of the monomyth comes into play. Even in real life one can attribute certain aspects to parts through the Hero’s Journey. We can see this monomyth followed closely in the Hobbit trilogy. Through a storyline the vital step is regarding the protagonist and his/her first step towards the storyline, or in this case the call to adventure. For example, from an adventure movie background where the protagonist is out on a quest to a romance where the protagonist meets his loved one for the first time. If we take a look at each of stages separately they all fit

into a stories aspect in some form or the other. Temptation it is an integral part in a storyline. There can be no hero if he doesn’t avoid the temptations riddled along his journey. Even the freedom to live stage in the hero’s journey is the end of the journey once the hero is back in his comfort zone after completing his adventure/task that he had set out to do.
Supernatural aid comes in different aspects in different genres.

From fate all the way till miracles, the supernatural is ever present across all the genres as well as in real life Looking at others responses a lot of people brought up very interesting points. Ayesha brought up a good point that “A lot of those phases happen to people while they are on a journey because one typically ventures out of their own comfort zone and into a world of places and things that they do not know of. A lot of the time it’s a newcomer vs. a scary world they haven't seen much of.” Elizabeth also says “Supernatural aid comes in the form of religion or prayers he uses to strengthen himself/herself” Victor in his response brings up a very valid point when he says “I just thought it was cool how we could make the monomyth apply to our own lives, even steps like, Supernatural Aid. While magic and wizards aren't real. You know how sometimes you luck out? Like when you pass a test you didn't study for, or when you didn't finish your homework and it gets pushed back to a different day.” Also Tova wrote “Anything with a character changing, learning, gaining experience in his story line can in a way go through the hero's journey” and “A freedom to live would be the overall ending to the story, whether the character accomplishes his goals or not, and we see how the story pans

out.”
In real life the monomyth can also be applied but would be different to what we are used to seeing. Gregory writes, “For instance, if the adventure is going to college, crossing the return threshold could be integrating what the person learned in college with their occupation.” I also liked Joseph’s real life example to integrating the Hero’s Journey cycle with college life and then post college life.