The Hero's Journey Analysis

Res Harris and Susan Thompson in “The Hero’s Journey claim, The Hero’s Journey is a pattern of life, growth and experience” (10). The Hero’s Journey focus on the lifestyle of a hero and explain what they will possibly go through, through their life and it explains how each hero’s journey are similar. Beowulf is a strong Geat warrior that believes in honor, he is courageous, he has great will power and pride. He battles against amazingly strong monsters, such as Grendel and a dragon. Steve Rogers, well known as “Captain America” is a World War II veteran was put through an experiment that turn him into a superhuman. He was frozen for years until S.H.I.E.L.D thawed him to help defeat the winter soldier. Beowulf and Captain America take similar
“The challenge also known as a voyage can be outward into a physical unknown or inward to a psychological unknown. whichever direction the voyage takes, as the initiate goes deeper into the unknown, he puts himself more and more at risk, emotionally and physically” (Harris & Thompson12). Beowulf first challenge is fighting Grendel. Beowulf stayed the night at Herot and wait for the demonic creature to come for his midnight feast. He fought the beast and was able to ripped his arm off and send him back to his cave in the lake to die. Captain America challenge was his first fight against the Winter Soldier. There was multiple fights between them, but the first match was a fair match and Captain America was not able to defeat him but he was able to hold him off. After their match the winter soldier left but not without causing damage in the city. Further on in their journey, their challenges gets harder until they reach the abyss, “the abyss is the initiate greatest challenge of the journey. The challenge is so great at this point that our intiate must surrender himself completely to the quest. lose himself in the adventure and become one with
Beowulf and Captain America take similar journeys. They both undergo changes and have to go through similar lifestyles the only thing different about it is the people or monsters they fight and meet. They all go through the same process which is Separation, initiation, transformation and they both return with something, either its treasure or a new moral standard. We as people even undergo our own journey, The Hero’s Journey explains it perfectly, “the journey is the pattern that we follow in our own lives as we face challenges and move from child to teenager, from teenager to adult, from adult to old age, and from old age into death. The adventure you face will be challenging and exciting and it help us become stronger and change us into the people we want to