Star Wars: An Epic Hero's Journey

Have you ever seen a true hero? In James Gunn’s “Guardians of the Galaxy” Peter Quill is a true hero. In this movie Peter Quill steals an orb not knowing the consequences, he is going to have to face. He finds out real quick that he shouldn’t have taken the orb. He finds love, grief, and sorrow along the way.

He battles and outsmarts a host of fiends including Polyphemus, the sirens, Scylla and Charybdis (twice), and even the underworld itself. He needs to escape the captivity of Calypso to make it home to his family. He must reassure his men to keep their morals high and get them to press on with him. Homer details this theme with Odysseus preparing his men for yet another trial, “Friends, we’re hardly strangers at meeting danger- and this danger is no worse than what we faced when cyclopes penned us up in his vaulted cave with

This will be added on to Beowulf’s other characteristics to mold him into a formidable hero.The second quality of Beowulf that makes him the wonderful hero that he is the faith that he shows through his battles and the glory he gives to God for success. This is a prominent feature of all heroes from the Beowulf Era of writing as Catholic and Protestant Christianity was very prominent. Here Beowulf can be seen exemplifying this, “I have borne from Grendel; but God still works wonder on wonder, the Warden-of-Glory.” (Beowulf, Chapter 14) This shows even during a time where Beowulf could show a great deal of pride and boastfulness, he decides to give his blessing of victory to God. This can be attributed to what the people of the time generally considered a good person, and one of the requirements of that was to be religious. Faith is just the second of three qualities that Beowulf possessed; the third is the most prominent of all.Beowulf’s final and most important heroic quality is his bravery and courageousness.

He wants to go out and see the universe and what it has to offer. He gets his chance when two droids are bought by his father and one of the droids has a message from a princess in distress named Princess Leia. I find luke to be a hero he learns how to become a Jedi and does all the good he can with the force. He saves countless lives by destroying the death star and pushing back the evil dark side. So the rebels have a better chance of success in defeating the dark side so everyone can live free and happy lives in the star wars universe.

However, it will not be so easy to get the antidote, given that the man is a Kulusk. Juanita who was born on Earth at the beginning of the century now has to make a stand on who should be the heir to the Kulusk throne. In the meantime, Anthony Musoto an FBI Special Agent and USSTAP’s Stelan a Rican need to locate Juanita’s kidnapped cousin, wholly unaware of the momentous biological war happening in the outer

How does one go from wealthy and powerful to nobody? Is it due to bad choices or is it fate that cannot be changed. In the play Oedipus the King by Sophocles, Oedipus is the great and smart king of Thebes who defeated the sphinx but he ends up as a beggar wandering the land alone. Oedipus should have known that he could not escape his fate given to him by the oracle in Delphi by fleeing his home in Corinth. Oedipus wanted the truth but when he was given it, he refused to believe it.

Obi Wan helps him physically by giving him a light saber and by being the voice inside Luke's head to help him destroy the Death Star. They differ because Siddhartha is guided spiritually, while Luke Skywalker is guided physically. Another mentor to Siddhartha is his father. His father allows Siddhartha into the world to do as he pleases, learn from his mistakes. and gain his own experiences.

The first archetype we will be going over is the hunting group of companions, an archetype clearly conveyed in the film with Han, Leia, Luke, and the rest of the rebels. Although they were brought together through very different circumstances, the rebels all had each other’s backs. They had to face serious peril in order to stop the empire, but overcame their challenges

Harry courageous act of defending Hermione helped save them all from the troll. “‘If I can get to the Stone, well, Ill have to go back to the Dursleys and wait for Voldemort to find me there, it’s only dying a bit later than I would have, because I’m never going over to the Dark Side! I’m going through the trapdoor tonight and nothing you two say is going to stop me!”’ (270). This quote shows the thirteenth stage called Magic Flight, Harry’s fight against Quirrell and Voldemort. Harry knows it is his responsibility and duty to stand up for himself and to protect the stone.

The hero changes the adventure into its negative and hence the hero is trapped into boredom, hard work, or 'culture ' and it makes the hero becomes the victim to be rescued (Campbell 54). Campbell states that the hero cannot begin his journey without requiring outside help to change his mind. 2.2.1.3 Supernatural Aid In this stage, the hero had received the adventure. A guide or supernatural mentor will appear to help the hero on his path. That mentor usually gives the hero some items such as talismans or artifacts that will aid the hero against the dangerous power in his quest (Campbell 57).