“We must be willing to let go of the life we planned so as to have the life that is waiting for us,” American writer, Joseph Campbell once said. Throughout Huckleberry’s Hero’s Journey there were many challenges that happened. Huckleberry impacted his life journey with the call to adventure, the refusal of the call, and the return. Huckleberry Finn was on a Hero’s Journey in the book Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain.
As Huckleberry started his Hero’s Journey, he had a calling. The call of adventure can be defined as some information, presented in the form of a problem, a challenge or a request, which is received by the hero and will require some form of action which takes him off into the unknown. Specifically, Huckleberry’s calling was when he desired to be away from development. Huckleberry stating, “I didn't want to go back to the widows anymore and be so cramped up and civilized” (Twain16). In explanation, Huckleberry didn't want to be with the widows and have his life be controlled by them. He wanted to make his own decisions and live freely. Therefore, Huckleberry had a call of adventure by wanting to be away from civilization. …show more content…
A refusal of the call is a from a sense of duty or obligation, fear, insecurity, a sense of inadequacy, or any of a range of reasons that work to hold the person in his current circumstances. Huckleberry’s refusal of call was when Jim is bitten by a snake. Huckleberry voiced, “I made up my mind I wouldn’t ever take ‘aholt of a snake skin again with my hands, now that I see what had come of it” (Twain53). In other words, after this event Huckleberry feared what else might be out in the world. He doesn’t want to come to harm and hurt himself or anyone else. Thus, as Huckleberry was preparing for his adventure he encountered a refusal of the
As Huckleberry started his Hero’s Journey, he had a calling. The call of adventure can be defined as some information, presented in the form of a problem, a challenge or a request, which is received by the hero and will require some form of action which takes him off into the unknown. Specifically, Huckleberry’s calling was when he desired to be away from development. Huckleberry stating, “I didn't want to go back to the widows anymore and be so cramped up and civilized” (Twain16). In explanation, Huckleberry didn't want to be with the widows and have his life be controlled by them. He wanted to make his own decisions and live freely. Therefore, Huckleberry had a call of adventure by wanting to be away from civilization. …show more content…
A refusal of the call is a from a sense of duty or obligation, fear, insecurity, a sense of inadequacy, or any of a range of reasons that work to hold the person in his current circumstances. Huckleberry’s refusal of call was when Jim is bitten by a snake. Huckleberry voiced, “I made up my mind I wouldn’t ever take ‘aholt of a snake skin again with my hands, now that I see what had come of it” (Twain53). In other words, after this event Huckleberry feared what else might be out in the world. He doesn’t want to come to harm and hurt himself or anyone else. Thus, as Huckleberry was preparing for his adventure he encountered a refusal of the