As children, we are all taught of heroes as supernatural people who were born with some special power; after reading the story the reader realizes it is not the power that makes the hero special, rather the journey and conflict they are faced with. Walt Disney faced many conflicts while trying to become an artist, but he was successful when he put his mind to it. His journey can easily be compared to Scout Finch’s journey in To Kill a Mockingbird. Scout lost her mother at a young age and struggled while trying to become a woman because she did not have the support that she needed. Both Disney and Scout can be seen as heroes according to Joseph Campbell's stages of a hero’s journey which include; the Separation where the hero leaves to explore
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However, he continued trying and was able to achieve his goal. By examining Walt Disney’s dreams of becoming an artist, his struggles of losing his business and being doubted, and being able to achieve his dream with the support of thousands, one can conclude that Walt Disney’s hero’s journey parallels Scout’s in its loss of innocence on her journey of learning about racism in Maycomb county. Walt Disney’s rough childhood set him up for the Separation phase of his hero’s journey because he decided he wanted to leave that trying world behind and make a better life for himself. Disney’s father struggled to support the family financially while living in Marceline (Nix). They ended up having to relocate to Kansas and Disney had to work for his father selling newspapers on top of going to school. Disney faced The Call to Adventure, wanting to start doing art and leaving the struggles of mundane life behind. He decided to drop out of school and follow in his brother Roy’s footsteps by enlisting. However, “Walt Disney is too young to enlist in the armed service, but he alters his birth date on an application form so he can join the American …show more content…
Walt Disney’s journey complies with Joseph Campbell’s hero’s journey phases of Separation, Initiation, and Return. Disney’s journey consisted of him going out into the world with his dreams, being beaten down, and rising up to realize he could take on the world and the journey that it put him on. Scout has similar problems such as the loss of her mother at a young age which was one of her main struggles in becoming a woman because she had no example nor did she grow up wanting to be a woman in an unfair world. The Separation phase was Scout going off to school being young and unable to understand how the world was not fair. Similarly, Disney was naïve and had dreams as well. The Initiation phase is when both Disney and Scout faced struggles and people doubted them. After they got over the doubts and realized that they could get to their goal of becoming an artist and being a woman, they completed their Return phase of being accepted into society. Walt Disney is inspiring and many people look up to him. Maybe they look up to him because of his riches but just maybe it is because they realize the deeper meaning. He is a real life hero who struggled to carry out his dreams but he can be classified as a hero because if one looks closely at the phases of a hero’s journey, Disney faces each part of
However, he continued trying and was able to achieve his goal. By examining Walt Disney’s dreams of becoming an artist, his struggles of losing his business and being doubted, and being able to achieve his dream with the support of thousands, one can conclude that Walt Disney’s hero’s journey parallels Scout’s in its loss of innocence on her journey of learning about racism in Maycomb county. Walt Disney’s rough childhood set him up for the Separation phase of his hero’s journey because he decided he wanted to leave that trying world behind and make a better life for himself. Disney’s father struggled to support the family financially while living in Marceline (Nix). They ended up having to relocate to Kansas and Disney had to work for his father selling newspapers on top of going to school. Disney faced The Call to Adventure, wanting to start doing art and leaving the struggles of mundane life behind. He decided to drop out of school and follow in his brother Roy’s footsteps by enlisting. However, “Walt Disney is too young to enlist in the armed service, but he alters his birth date on an application form so he can join the American …show more content…
Walt Disney’s journey complies with Joseph Campbell’s hero’s journey phases of Separation, Initiation, and Return. Disney’s journey consisted of him going out into the world with his dreams, being beaten down, and rising up to realize he could take on the world and the journey that it put him on. Scout has similar problems such as the loss of her mother at a young age which was one of her main struggles in becoming a woman because she had no example nor did she grow up wanting to be a woman in an unfair world. The Separation phase was Scout going off to school being young and unable to understand how the world was not fair. Similarly, Disney was naïve and had dreams as well. The Initiation phase is when both Disney and Scout faced struggles and people doubted them. After they got over the doubts and realized that they could get to their goal of becoming an artist and being a woman, they completed their Return phase of being accepted into society. Walt Disney is inspiring and many people look up to him. Maybe they look up to him because of his riches but just maybe it is because they realize the deeper meaning. He is a real life hero who struggled to carry out his dreams but he can be classified as a hero because if one looks closely at the phases of a hero’s journey, Disney faces each part of