Who Is Indiana Jones A Hero

When you watch movies or sit down to read a good book, it tends to take you to a different world and you can imagine many different characters. The two that stick out immediately are the hero and the villain. In the movie Indiana Jones, Dr. Jones doesn’t personify the typical hero as you may think that he would. Although he does save the day and Maryann many times, he began in the film with a simple job as a college professor. He has a love for artifacts which you’d see in the movie took a huge turn from saving the lives of others to trying to save his own life. He sometimes has a very hard time saying no to the opportunity to find history’s brilliant artifacts. Indiana Jones’ journey is an example of the Campbell Theory in many different ways throughout the movie.

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Jones does a lot of studying about ancient artifacts in the field of Archeology in Oxford. This helps with his further knowledge in the artifacts to save the world. He goes through many obstacles in both his job and on his journey. This includes mostly the Natzis, the Germans, a shapeshifter and even sometimes Maryann whom he has to save throughout the movie. He pushes through many things to get to his goal that he has set for himself. Although he isn’t making it a priority to become the hero in the story, he seems to find himself in the hero shoes because of the Campbell Theory.

During this time when the Germans took over, they all learned about the Ark of the Covenant. The Ark of the Covenant was a very important place to which it had been controlling people, or so they thought. The Ark was very lethal but not for the subjected target which was first Dr Jones and Maryann who were trying to retract the Ark back into the United States hands where it is much safer than with the “bad

guys”.
The Campbell Theory is the concept of monomyth referring to the theory that sees all mythic narratives as variations of a single great story. The theory also points to the hero’s living in an ordinary or common world. At the beginning of the film, Dr Jones does live in a simple world as a professor. That all soon changes when an average day at work turns into a quest to save lives. Many twists and turns happen throughout the movie as Indiana Jones slowly shifts into the hero role, as he battles different figures.
In conclusion, Indiana Jones is an inspiring series of both heros and villains but in the common world. The Campbell Theory personifies many movies but this one especially.