The Hero's Journey Analysis

The Hero’s journey, the cycle which human life seems to follow inexorably, a journey every living being has done at some point in their life in order to discover themselves and/or the world around them. People are as complex as round characters, ever evolving and discovering new aspects of the environment around them that they didn’t notice the presence of before. According to the one who named and pointed out the existence of this cycle, Joseph Campbell, it has three phases: Separation, Initiation and Return. These phases can be divided even further along according to the story which they are reading, or even possibly, living.
“Follow your Bliss” a famous quote once said by the same person who realised the existence of “The Hero’s journey”, …show more content…
However, whose way of life are we speaking of? These ideals are incredibly general and can mean something different to each and every one of us, varying from person to person. Albeit the fact that we speak the same words, we have significantly different meanings for them. Such is the complexity of communication, as we think different meanings for the same words, nonetheless thus far we somehow haev still managed to understand one another on some level. The Hero’s journey and “Following your bliss” is but a reflection on the ever-changing human communication. It is basically someone who does something, it doesn’t necessarily need to be extraordinary, just something out of routine, or even within their routine, or even someone who does nothing, but at some point they come through, or are struck by a realization of a new meaning to something old that changes their perception of an object or concept, or just makes them have a realization about something that will now have a tiny bit more depth than it used to to them. Or, in some cases, even brings forth their attention to the existence of an article or individual they did not care for, or notice