Joseph Campbell Monomyth Analysis

After several years of studying and teaching mythology, Joseph Campbell, an American mythologist, writer and lecturer presented the idea of the monomyth. This concept invokes the theory that all mythical stories have a character that had an ordinary world, goes on an adventure, had a crisis, but won and earned victory and then finally comes home and has changed in some way. Joseph Campbell’s theory of the monomyth first showed an appearance in his book “The Hero with a Thousand Faces”. Found on a wikipedia page that talks all about the concept of the monomyth quotes, “A 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.” In a way, I could be considered a hero because of my actions that I have done throughout my journey. My life’s journey of having to go through my parent divorcing is very similar to Joseph Campbell’s Hero's Journey because I have gone beyond my ordinary world, have been called to adventure, and have had a rough road back.

In my circumstances, I left my ordinary world when my parents started fighting constantly and that eventually led to them …show more content…
This has not been an easy situation to deal with throughout the past year because of all of the challenges that have been thrown my way, but I know something good will come out of this tragic time in my life. My fears that I had to overcome made me stronger physically and emotionally and forced me to look on the positive side of things. Even though this is not a positive outcome, it will eventually turn into something greater than I could imagine. My life has been a series of ups and downs, but I wouldn’t want to trade it for anything