Light Turners Hero's Journey

The word “hero” has changed throughout the years and does no longer consist of a character with super powers nor having to perform the ideal rescue scene. In some books or films, the hero may not always be considered a hero to everyone. Some characters sometimes have to take matters into their own hands in order to bring justice like in the new film Death Note. Many films follow the same stages of the “hero’s journey” that are explained in the book, The Hero with a Thousand Faces by Joseph Campbell. In this film, Light Turner would be considered as the hero to most of the audience because he is bringing justice to those who deserve it even if it is with death. In Joseph Campbell’s book, one of the stages in the hero’s journey is known as the “call to adventure” (49). According to Campbell, this is when “destiny has summoned the hero and transferred his spiritual center of gravity from within the pale of his society to a zone unknown” (58). In Death Note, Light Turner is chosen to receive the power of the book that has fallen from the sky directly in front of him that can control anyone’s fate after being attacked …show more content…
Campbell calls this step, “Woman as Temptress”. ChangingMinds defines this step as someone or something that “…offers the hero short-term relief or gratification but giving in to this urge would cause the mission to fail and prove the hero unworthy.” In the film, Death Note, Light Turner becomes good friends with a girl named Mia Sutton. Light introduces the book to Mia and she instantly becomes interested in him. They begin dating and eventually become a team that is known as “Kira”. Mia begins to get carried away and wants to kill everyone who she believes does not like what they are doing including Light’s own father. She was attempting to manipulate Light into doing what she wanted by telling her that she loved