All in all, between The Odyssey and The Curious Incident Of the Dog In The Night Time there are clear similarities and differences involving the monomyth and how it was applied to each story. The stages are pretty different especially because each hero is very different. Among each story are an initiation stage, departure stage, middle stage, and final stage that mimics the monomyth but also have distinct characteristics in relation to story it is telling. During the initiation and departure stage, you are introduced to the heroes and given some insight as to where they are at the start of their journey. In The Odyssey, Odysseus started his journey as a god-like war hero while in The Curious Incident Of the Dog In The Night Time, Christopher
