On the surface, every hero seems to have a unique and completely original story. The rise to stardom and difficulties that they experience on the way there seem unprecedented; however, every hero goes through the same stages of a cycle called the monomyth. From literary heroes to political or athletic figures, all heroes follow the same pattern. An important leg of this cycle that isolates the heroes from the failures is the belly of the whale. In this stage the hero separates from their old world for the first time and has to undergo metamorphism to survive. After embarking on his journey, Ellie Wiesel mist turn his back on the world he knew; similarly, Siddartha leaves his best friend and Cristiano Ronaldo must move away from his family to
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Struggling to endure the mental and physical torment, Wiesel passes selection and arrives at the labor camp. A hardened, apathetic prisoner replaces the scholarly Hungarian boy. Sitting in Wiesel displays his new apathetic behavior when the gypsy attacks his father. He thinks, “… he dealt my father such a clout that he fell to the ground… I did not move” (Wiesel 37). In his new environment Wiesel completely changes. Before, an attack on his father would have set a fire in his heart; however, once entering the belly of the whale, apathy overwhelms him. He can no longer hang on to the sympathy and care he cherished in the past. To survive, Wiesel must relinquish the feelings he used to hold. This phenomenon, known as apathy, is explained as, “Apathy, the blunting of the emotions and the feeling that one could not care anymore… which eventually made him insensitive to daily and hourly beatings” (Frankl 42). No longer caring for the suffering of himself or others, Wiesel loses all traces of his past life. He begins to care less and less about the safety of his fellow prisoners and even his own father. Separation from one’s home and past life does not always result in apathy, Siddhartha learns to follow himself when he leaves his past …show more content…
Rising to superstardom from the bottom is never hackneyed; however, Ronaldo’s unique rise is particularly curious. In a few short years, he went from being thrown out of school to winning trophies on the biggest stage in the world. Yet, none of this would have happened if he had not survived the first difficult period in his career. At the young age of 12 he moved to Lisbon, Portugal from his home on the island of Madeira to join a professional team. Since his family was very poor, he began his career alone. Completely lonely at a young age, Ronaldo had a hard time: “…the other academy kids taunted him for his island accent. ‘ As soon as I opened my mouth,’ he wrote in his memoir Moments, ‘hey immediately started laughing and mocking. I felt like a clown’ ” (“What Drives Cristiano Ronaldo?” Sides). The young Portuguese boy received nothing. Utterly separated from all that he knew, he had to withstand the rigorous of a soccer career and the difficulties of childhood. Without his family to support him, he had trouble staying focused: “Cristiano missed Madeira and his family so much that several times he came close to giving up. He cried constantly. At the age of 14, after he threw a chair at his teacher, he quit school…” (“What Drives Cristiano Ronaldo?” Sides). Setback after setback made it seem like a soccer career was not in Ronaldo’s future. However, his
Struggling to endure the mental and physical torment, Wiesel passes selection and arrives at the labor camp. A hardened, apathetic prisoner replaces the scholarly Hungarian boy. Sitting in Wiesel displays his new apathetic behavior when the gypsy attacks his father. He thinks, “… he dealt my father such a clout that he fell to the ground… I did not move” (Wiesel 37). In his new environment Wiesel completely changes. Before, an attack on his father would have set a fire in his heart; however, once entering the belly of the whale, apathy overwhelms him. He can no longer hang on to the sympathy and care he cherished in the past. To survive, Wiesel must relinquish the feelings he used to hold. This phenomenon, known as apathy, is explained as, “Apathy, the blunting of the emotions and the feeling that one could not care anymore… which eventually made him insensitive to daily and hourly beatings” (Frankl 42). No longer caring for the suffering of himself or others, Wiesel loses all traces of his past life. He begins to care less and less about the safety of his fellow prisoners and even his own father. Separation from one’s home and past life does not always result in apathy, Siddhartha learns to follow himself when he leaves his past …show more content…
Rising to superstardom from the bottom is never hackneyed; however, Ronaldo’s unique rise is particularly curious. In a few short years, he went from being thrown out of school to winning trophies on the biggest stage in the world. Yet, none of this would have happened if he had not survived the first difficult period in his career. At the young age of 12 he moved to Lisbon, Portugal from his home on the island of Madeira to join a professional team. Since his family was very poor, he began his career alone. Completely lonely at a young age, Ronaldo had a hard time: “…the other academy kids taunted him for his island accent. ‘ As soon as I opened my mouth,’ he wrote in his memoir Moments, ‘hey immediately started laughing and mocking. I felt like a clown’ ” (“What Drives Cristiano Ronaldo?” Sides). The young Portuguese boy received nothing. Utterly separated from all that he knew, he had to withstand the rigorous of a soccer career and the difficulties of childhood. Without his family to support him, he had trouble staying focused: “Cristiano missed Madeira and his family so much that several times he came close to giving up. He cried constantly. At the age of 14, after he threw a chair at his teacher, he quit school…” (“What Drives Cristiano Ronaldo?” Sides). Setback after setback made it seem like a soccer career was not in Ronaldo’s future. However, his