Every hero goes through a journey cycle, Percy Jackson, Harry Potter, Katniss Everdeen, et cetera et cetera. Each of these heroes’ journey cycle has an effect on the theme of their respective stories as well as helping to develop their plots. James Dashner’s novel, The Maze Runner, helps express this statement as Dashner utilizes the hero’s journey in order to introduce and develop the theme of his novel, while employing the hero’s journey in a way that helps form his plot in an intriguing way.
James Dashner makes use of the hero’s journey cycle in his novel, “The Maze Runner”, to form key plot components including the exposition, the climax, and the resolution. In “The Maze Runner”, Dashner uses the departure stage of a hero’s journey cycle to create the exposition for his novel, starting by allowing readers to obtain the setting, the protagonist, and the internal conflict of the protagonist in his novel through the “beginning of the adventure”, a vital step in the departure stage of a hero’s journey cycle (Dashner Pgs. 1-3). From this, readers can grasp an understanding of how a plot can be made around a hero’s journey cycle and also how the two ideas can connect. Both of these techniques show events that …show more content…
This is apparent in James Dashner’s novel, “The Maze Runner”, as the stages of departure, initiation, and return are all evident in making connections to the plot of his story. Similarly, some of the steps from those stages also help clarify the theme of “The Maze Runner”. Dashner allows readers to see how he is able to employ a hero’s journey cycle to make his plot and theme better, developing it. Thus, Dashner is able to express the idea that the hero’s journey cycle has the ability to communicate and expand upon the theme and plot of a story. On a final note, a hero’s journey, albeit differing from a novel’s plot and theme, may help reinforce the theme and plot of a
James Dashner makes use of the hero’s journey cycle in his novel, “The Maze Runner”, to form key plot components including the exposition, the climax, and the resolution. In “The Maze Runner”, Dashner uses the departure stage of a hero’s journey cycle to create the exposition for his novel, starting by allowing readers to obtain the setting, the protagonist, and the internal conflict of the protagonist in his novel through the “beginning of the adventure”, a vital step in the departure stage of a hero’s journey cycle (Dashner Pgs. 1-3). From this, readers can grasp an understanding of how a plot can be made around a hero’s journey cycle and also how the two ideas can connect. Both of these techniques show events that …show more content…
This is apparent in James Dashner’s novel, “The Maze Runner”, as the stages of departure, initiation, and return are all evident in making connections to the plot of his story. Similarly, some of the steps from those stages also help clarify the theme of “The Maze Runner”. Dashner allows readers to see how he is able to employ a hero’s journey cycle to make his plot and theme better, developing it. Thus, Dashner is able to express the idea that the hero’s journey cycle has the ability to communicate and expand upon the theme and plot of a story. On a final note, a hero’s journey, albeit differing from a novel’s plot and theme, may help reinforce the theme and plot of a