Examples Of Ordinary World Hero's Journey

The Hero’s Journey is steps someone takes that makes them a new person and personal growth is when the character evolves mentally. The Hero’s Journey has allowed Will, the main character to identify a side of himself that he never knew he had. In John Flanagan’s novel the Ruins of Gorlan (2004), Will is shown as a person who hasn’t found himself yet, but at the end he does find himself. We find out how Will had skills that he never thought would be useful and how he also thinks that being accepted into Battleschool is one side of his identity and how he realises that he belongs with Halt.

In the Ordinary World, Will has skills that he never thought would be useful. “He instinctively matched his movement to the rhythm of the trees… becoming

This links to this stage as in a way he refuses to be a Ranger. This stage links to the Ordinary World as Will’s Ordinary world would be getting into Battleschool, so being a Ranger would mess up his world. This shows personal growth because he realises and learns that he is a Ranger. An example is where it says, “His father would expect him to follow in his footsteps… the more desperately he clung to the hope that he might” (p.11). The technique used is figurative language. This quote shows us how being accepted into Battleschool was a priority for Will. The effect of this technique makes us feel how much Will wanted to be accepted into Battleschool. “Stared at the words on the paper in utter confusion” (p.46) is another example. The technique used is imagery. This quote is also important as it shows how Will doesn’t know why Halt chose him to be an apprentice. The effect of this technique lets us see what Will’s reaction would’ve been and how since then he has grown to believe that he might be a Ranger. So, we start to see personal growth as at the end Will realises he is meant to be a