Events In The Hero's Journey

The events in many stories follow a specific pattern in order to make the storyline interesting and relatable. Joseph Campbell calls this occurrence the monomyth or in other words, The Hero’s Journey. The Hero’s Journey is separated into three parts: The Departure, Initiation, and The Return. Each of these sections consist of smaller events that mostly all happen within stories that obey the rules of the monomyth. One of the multiple movies that exemplifies this is Mulan. In this movie, the main character executes all three parts of The Hero’s Journey. In part one, The Departure, there are three mini events that happen which are: An Unusual Birth/ Early Childhood, The Call To Adventure, and Crossing The Threshold. Near the beginning of the film, Mulan, the main character, meets with a matchmaker. She makes numerous clumsy mistakes and does not fit in with any of the other girls that are there. Although this is not exactly an unusual birth or early childhood, these scenes of her preparing to meet and meeting the matchmaker show that there is something that sets her apart from everyone else. Mulan’s call to adventure is when news comes to her village that one man from every family must fight the war with the Huns. Mulan’s father, the only man in the family, is …show more content…
There are two sections in The Return: The Return Home and Mastery Of Two Worlds. Mulan returns home to her family who is thrilled to see that she has survived. Since she is literally returning back to her home, this matches perfectly with the Return Home part of The Hero’s Journey. By the end of the film, the viewer can sense that Mulan has truly reconciled her experiences and her life back home. She brings back gifts from when she was gone and is finally accepted for who she is rather than who she is expected to be, which shows her Mastery of Two Worlds.The movie Mulan is executes every part of The Hero’s Journey including The