Joseph Campbell, a mythologist, writer and lecturer, discovers common patterns of hero myths and stories that are told from around the world which are still relevant today. Campbell acknowledges the main steps to a mythic hero’s journey, such as the call to adventure, refusal of the call, crossing of the first threshold, and the belly of the whale. The film Divergent reveals these steps of a hero’s journey. Divergent is essentially about the government controlling society by dividing them into factions based on human virtues, such as Abnegation, Erudite, Amity, Candor and Dauntless. Beatrice Prior, who later changes her name to Tris, is the hero of this story and a part of the Abnegation faction. Their purpose in life is to be selfless and
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The hero is taken out of their ordinary world and enter a new world filled with adventure. In other words, the hero is to be removed from their typical environment to quest upon a journey. In Campbell’s book, he explains that the call to adventure “reveals an unsuspected world, and the individual is drawn into a relationship with forces that are not rightly understood” (Campbell 51).The adventure is were the hero finds themselves. For instance, Tris takes an aptitude test to determine which faction she belongs to, but in the end she is free to make her own decision. she has three results abnegation, erudite, and dauntless making her choice difficult. Tris later discover she is Divergent, which is someone fits into more than one faction. When someone is Divergent, the government is unable to control their thoughts and actions, which is why it is dangerous and could become factionless. At the choosing ceremony it is difficult for Tris to make her final decision, she knows she cannot choose Erudite because she does not believe in their actions, and she cannot choose Abnegation either because she feels she does not fit in. Finally, she enters the Dauntless world, since she has always admired them for their bravery. Another example is when Tris volunteers to jump off the building first into a bottomless …show more content…
Also, in his book he writes that the belly of the whale is where the hero has a chance to be reborn, “instead of passing outward, beyond the confines of the visible world, the hero goes inward, to be born again” (Campbell 91). During Tris’s training, she finds herself at the bottom of the cut off list. This only makes her more determine and motivated because she wants to prove how brave she can be. She commits and works harder than anyone with the help of her mentor, Four. Towards the end of the film she comes to realize that, “becoming fearless isn’t the point. That’s impossible. It’s learning how to control your fears, and how to be free from
The hero is taken out of their ordinary world and enter a new world filled with adventure. In other words, the hero is to be removed from their typical environment to quest upon a journey. In Campbell’s book, he explains that the call to adventure “reveals an unsuspected world, and the individual is drawn into a relationship with forces that are not rightly understood” (Campbell 51).The adventure is were the hero finds themselves. For instance, Tris takes an aptitude test to determine which faction she belongs to, but in the end she is free to make her own decision. she has three results abnegation, erudite, and dauntless making her choice difficult. Tris later discover she is Divergent, which is someone fits into more than one faction. When someone is Divergent, the government is unable to control their thoughts and actions, which is why it is dangerous and could become factionless. At the choosing ceremony it is difficult for Tris to make her final decision, she knows she cannot choose Erudite because she does not believe in their actions, and she cannot choose Abnegation either because she feels she does not fit in. Finally, she enters the Dauntless world, since she has always admired them for their bravery. Another example is when Tris volunteers to jump off the building first into a bottomless …show more content…
Also, in his book he writes that the belly of the whale is where the hero has a chance to be reborn, “instead of passing outward, beyond the confines of the visible world, the hero goes inward, to be born again” (Campbell 91). During Tris’s training, she finds herself at the bottom of the cut off list. This only makes her more determine and motivated because she wants to prove how brave she can be. She commits and works harder than anyone with the help of her mentor, Four. Towards the end of the film she comes to realize that, “becoming fearless isn’t the point. That’s impossible. It’s learning how to control your fears, and how to be free from