Joseph Campbell's "Monomyth" consists of 17 stages that every hero goes through. Campbell says, “The usual hero adventure begins with someone from whom something has been taken, or who feels there is something lacking in the normal experience available or permitted to the normal members of society. The person who takes off on a series of adventures beyond the ordinary, either to recover what has been lost or discover some life-giving elixir. It's usually a cycle, a coming and a returning”(Campbell, The Hero with a Thousand Faces). We can see this hero's journey and many different archetypes in the 39 Clues series. The Cahill's are the most powerful family in the world and the series is centered around siblings Dan(11 years old) and Amy
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After a tense silence, the old lawyer said, ‘You may now open your envelopes.' RIP, RIP, RIP. The clue was written in black calligraphy on crème paper’”(Riordan 35). This shows Amy and Dan "crossing into the field of adventure" and this is where they're adventures begin because they said they would do something but now they back it up with their actions. Their adventure is just beginning and they will experience things they never have before. One of the most important stages of the hero or hero's journey is the "Belly of the Whale," which is " the final separation from the hero's known world and self." After everyone is given the clue all the teams race off except for Dan and Amy. They think about what they are getting themselves into then start to focus on the clue. “‘The library! Grace's library!’ She raced out of the Great Hall. Usually, Dan did not run with excitement when his sister suggested visiting a library. This time, he did”(Riordan 41). This shows this stage of Belly of the Whale. Amy and Dan finally leave their normal world and dive into the unknown. During the clue hunt we see the stage of "Road of Trials." In book one, the Cahill siblings are on the verge of discovering the first clue when “...Amy realized the inscription was a lot newer than the rest of the cemetery. It looked freshly carved: Amy and Dan Cahill”(Riordan 146). This is just one example of a trial where we see Irina Spaksy, a member of the Cahill family, make a gravestone for Amy and Dan and try to bury them alive. Amy and Dan are constantly under threat, many people try to kill them, and are forced to make difficult decisions that can determine their fate, which can also fall into the "Temptation" stage. "The Road of Trials" is seen is every book of this series. Throughout the series the most of other members of the Cahill's on the
After a tense silence, the old lawyer said, ‘You may now open your envelopes.' RIP, RIP, RIP. The clue was written in black calligraphy on crème paper’”(Riordan 35). This shows Amy and Dan "crossing into the field of adventure" and this is where they're adventures begin because they said they would do something but now they back it up with their actions. Their adventure is just beginning and they will experience things they never have before. One of the most important stages of the hero or hero's journey is the "Belly of the Whale," which is " the final separation from the hero's known world and self." After everyone is given the clue all the teams race off except for Dan and Amy. They think about what they are getting themselves into then start to focus on the clue. “‘The library! Grace's library!’ She raced out of the Great Hall. Usually, Dan did not run with excitement when his sister suggested visiting a library. This time, he did”(Riordan 41). This shows this stage of Belly of the Whale. Amy and Dan finally leave their normal world and dive into the unknown. During the clue hunt we see the stage of "Road of Trials." In book one, the Cahill siblings are on the verge of discovering the first clue when “...Amy realized the inscription was a lot newer than the rest of the cemetery. It looked freshly carved: Amy and Dan Cahill”(Riordan 146). This is just one example of a trial where we see Irina Spaksy, a member of the Cahill family, make a gravestone for Amy and Dan and try to bury them alive. Amy and Dan are constantly under threat, many people try to kill them, and are forced to make difficult decisions that can determine their fate, which can also fall into the "Temptation" stage. "The Road of Trials" is seen is every book of this series. Throughout the series the most of other members of the Cahill's on the