The Hero With A Thousand Faces Book Analysis

Joseph Campbell is the author of “The Hero with a Thousand Faces”, a book in which he explains the concept of what is a “Hero’s Journey”. This is also called monomyth, he proposes that all myths, storys around the world follow the same pattern. Campbells puts this monomyth in a template or outline based on tree steps: Departure, Initiation and return. But, they can also be more deglosed in more steps: Call to adventure, Assistance, Departure, Trials, Approach, Crisis, Treasure, Result, Return, Life, Resolution. We can try his concept in modern novels or stories, and one that can really be used is “The Hunger Games” by
Katniss Everdeen, was just a 16 years old teenager, living life just like her other compatriots in District 12, working, going to school, living in a shadow of poverty in which they worked for others in a much higher position. Her district was the one with least of things, food, cleaning
When she returned to her family, she knew that nothing would be the same, her life, and the life of her family. This is because now in her new life, she will have to pretend that the love she had shown in television is real, so that act of challenging the Capitol or the game would not seem as an act revolution, but as an act of true love, even though she does not love Peeta. Now all eyes will be on her, on her acts and President Snow, will be waiting for her to fail. This being the end of her
As the story of Miss Everdeen is being narrated by her, we can see that it has all the elements Joseph Campbell’s monomyth. How, it can perfectly fit, even though at the end many of the things can be repetitive. Also, something we learn from this is that we could also be the heroes of our own story, no we are the heroes of our own story. Because what Katniss has in common with me and everyone who reads her story is that she is human and she had the motivation and faith to win this hunger game, we call