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What Is The Hero's Journey In Finding Nemo

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Alexandra Muir
Mrs. Chambers
4Th Period/Hon La
23 October 2015 A hero’s journey creates an outline for any and all writers to follow. In the animated movie “Finding Nemo” it is proven to be a perfect example of the use of The Hero’s quest. In Finding Nemo, Marlin, father of nemo, is played as the stories epic hero. An epic hero is known as a main character in a story that is legendary or completes heroic actions. Marlin, Nemos dad, raises Nemo alone after the passing of Nemos mother, coral, until Nemo is of age to attend school. As the movie continues to follow the outline of the hero’s journey, the movie comes to the call to adventure, step two of the outline. In the “call to adventure” Nemo is taken by a scuba diver while on a school field

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