Creighton Brown Hero's Journey Essay

What makes a true hero? Joseph Campbell created the cycle of the “hero’s journey” and many popular books and movies today fit the requirements of this cycle closely. The video states that this cycle is like a clock, starting and ending with status quo, however, the ending status quo is changed from the beginning as a result of the hero’s actions (What Makes A Hero?). Following the cycle of the “hero’s journey”, Creighton Brown can rightly be named as a true hero as he is taken to an unfamiliar land, receives guidance from an older, wiser mentor, and throughout the story undergoes changes and develops into a new person. America is a strange and unfamiliar place to Creighton. Not only is the terrain new, there are also noticeable cultural differences between Creighton and the Americans. The passage, “...But before they reached it, they swung about and headed into the mouth of a narrow waterway that disappeared between stands of unfamiliar trees, many of them draped with long strands of some gray substance. ‘Spanish moss,’ Peter informed him, even though he hadn’t asked. ‘And them are cypress
He comes from a household that hands him whatever he wants on a silver platter. Throughout the story, he changes as he develops feelings for the people he meets in America. The following passage displays the way Creighton thinks of Americans and how he thinks is alright to treat people: “‘I’d like to see how well you’d fare in a place like London!’... ‘I’m sorry,’ the giant replied ‘ ‘Pon my honor, I wasn’t making fun. I was only trying to be a little helpful.’... ‘Well,’ said Creighton, a little less harshly, ‘stop trying, all right?’” (Blackwood 69). As his feelings for his company grow, Creighton’s loyalties change. Once an avid supporter for the British army and government, by the end of the book, after he sees the other side of things, he is able to understand the Americans fight for