The Hero's Journey In Books And Movies

The hero’s journey, if executed properly, can create some wonderful stories. A lot of the most praised and well known books, movies, and plays follow the hero’s journey almost exactly, even some with the steps in the same order. For example, The Hunger Games, The Giver, Divergent, Twilight and many more enjoyable books and novels match up with the hero’s journey fairly closely.
When a lot of books follow the same model there tends to be too many similarities, with some predictable lines and actions that the protagonist makes. This can lead to some people not enjoying a book or movie due to the fact that they know what will happen or knowing that everything will end up okay and happy in the end. This can give the author the opportunity to make