A hero or heroine is a person who is idealized for their accomplishments and achievements and may feel that "...something is lacking from the normal experiences available or permitted to the members of his society" (Campbell 1). Within the hero 's journey there are various steps that are taken in order for the hero to accomplish what he is set out to do. The steps in the hero 's journey consist of the Departure, the Initiation and the Return. Each of these segments of the journey have separate substeps within them. In the Departure the substeps are The Call to Adventure, Refusal of the Call, Supernatural Aid, Talisman, Companions, Threshold Guardians, and The Crossing of the First Threshold. In the Initiation the substeps are The Road of Trials,
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The first substep The Call to Adventure is when the hero is encountered with an event or a signal that invites them to take the journey that they are to set out upon and other times the hero can be forced into the journey. After the hero accepts the call to adventure he sets about the journey and is prepared for the trials that he is about to face throughout the expedition. To demonstrate the Call to Adventure, the movie Billy Jack shows a couple examples of the main character named Billy Jack being called to his journey. In the beginning of the movie, Billy Jack encountered Deputy Mike, Stuart Posner and Bernard Posner attempting to illegally kill wild horses on the reservation which symbolizes his call. Another call for Jack is when Barbara was found sleeping and also injured on hay stacks in the reservation. Another example of a call to adventure is in the short story "Do Not Go Gentle". When the parents were being faced with grief and the potential loss of their child, the mother and father are called to try and bring a positive light to the hospital in order to help their baby and the other children in the intensive care unit have a healthy …show more content…
This is an individual that provides guidance to the hero throughout the tests and trials that the hero needs to face. The guide is often wise and gives the hero advice, wisdom, and knowledge to help the hero progress in their adventure. The supernatural aid can also be a symbolic aid to the hero. In Billy Jack, the aids are his green beret training, his indian background which provides him with spiritual strength, and his personality and character that helps him through the tough situations experienced throughout the movie. Billy Jack 's guides are the Chief that helped him through the snake ritual, and jean who provided insight and a new outlook throughout the movie to help Jack overcome many obstacles. In the poem "Sarah, Cherokee Doctor", Sarah acts as the supernatural aid by protecting the American Indians and supporting them through their rituals and routines. Similar to the supernatural aid, a talisman can also help the hero through the trials. The talisman is a symbolic item that can provide strength and courage to the hero. Billy Jack 's motorcycle, medicine bag, hat, and eagle feather act as his talismans throughout the movie. In the short story, Chocolate Thunder can be considered a talisman since the mother and father used it as a way to create music in the
The first substep The Call to Adventure is when the hero is encountered with an event or a signal that invites them to take the journey that they are to set out upon and other times the hero can be forced into the journey. After the hero accepts the call to adventure he sets about the journey and is prepared for the trials that he is about to face throughout the expedition. To demonstrate the Call to Adventure, the movie Billy Jack shows a couple examples of the main character named Billy Jack being called to his journey. In the beginning of the movie, Billy Jack encountered Deputy Mike, Stuart Posner and Bernard Posner attempting to illegally kill wild horses on the reservation which symbolizes his call. Another call for Jack is when Barbara was found sleeping and also injured on hay stacks in the reservation. Another example of a call to adventure is in the short story "Do Not Go Gentle". When the parents were being faced with grief and the potential loss of their child, the mother and father are called to try and bring a positive light to the hospital in order to help their baby and the other children in the intensive care unit have a healthy …show more content…
This is an individual that provides guidance to the hero throughout the tests and trials that the hero needs to face. The guide is often wise and gives the hero advice, wisdom, and knowledge to help the hero progress in their adventure. The supernatural aid can also be a symbolic aid to the hero. In Billy Jack, the aids are his green beret training, his indian background which provides him with spiritual strength, and his personality and character that helps him through the tough situations experienced throughout the movie. Billy Jack 's guides are the Chief that helped him through the snake ritual, and jean who provided insight and a new outlook throughout the movie to help Jack overcome many obstacles. In the poem "Sarah, Cherokee Doctor", Sarah acts as the supernatural aid by protecting the American Indians and supporting them through their rituals and routines. Similar to the supernatural aid, a talisman can also help the hero through the trials. The talisman is a symbolic item that can provide strength and courage to the hero. Billy Jack 's motorcycle, medicine bag, hat, and eagle feather act as his talismans throughout the movie. In the short story, Chocolate Thunder can be considered a talisman since the mother and father used it as a way to create music in the