Jim’s home culture is where he lived, worked, and where his story began, The Admiral Benbow, the inn that he and his family owned. His call to adventure was when Billy Bones dies and Jim finds the treasure map in his shirt. Jim’s super natural aids were The Hispaniola and Dr. Livesey. Jim crossing the threshold was when they received the letter saying that the ship and crew was ready to set sail.
Throught the initiation phase Jim faced …show more content…
Jim didn't refuse to return, he couldn't have been happier to return to the lawful world. Jim and the crew was chased and attacked by the last few pirates and had to fend them all off while they were loading the ship with the treasure and supplies. Jim was rescued when Ben Gunn, Dr. Livesey, and Gray save them from the angry pirates. Jim's crossing the return threshold was when he finally got on the ship after the last battle with the pirates. Jim was the master of two worlds when he goes on this adventure to the lawless world but finds that he doesn't want to be apart of this world. Jim can survive in both the lawless world, and the lawful world. Jim had his freedom when he got his share of treasure and never going back to the island even though there was more treasure to be found, not even the strongest thing could bring him back there.
Jim’s adventure was a very good representation of the hero's journey. His journey followed the Hero's Journey almost perfectly. It only didn't have the the refusal to return and and Jim didn't find a soulmate on his journey. On this journey Jim finds out that he would rather live a “boring”, normal life than a lawless