The Giver Hero's Journey

A hero is a person or who, in the opinions of others, has heroic qualities or has performed a heroic act and is as a model or ideal. In Lois Lowry the book “The Giver”, Jonas goes on an archetypal hero’s journey through both positive and negative experience during his departure, initiation and return in this story I would consider Jonas as a hero because he took on many challenges such as being the receiver of memories. This is a huge job and he took the responsibilities. He rescued Gabe and went through many obstacles to reach his destination in the end. He underwent the harsh training of the job Receiver and survived.
Being assigned to be the receiver was the call to adventure and the departure of the hero’s journey. Jonas in the ceremony