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The Hero's Journey In Harry Potter And The Wizard Of Oz

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What do Harry Potter, Star, and The Wizard of Oz, all have in common? They all follow the Hero’s Journey. The Hero’s Journey is a popular method of storytelling that has been used around the world for centuries. Joseph Campbell first noticed this in 1949 and put it in his book The Hero With a Thousand Faces. Many famous characters throughout history have followed what he outlined, including Ebenezer Scrooge from Charles Dickens A Christmas Carol, which follows what Campbell described in his book.
The Hero’s Journey has twelve steps in total. The first one is the Status Quo, or the hero’s everyday life. The readers first meet Scrooge at his shop called Scrooge and Marley’s. “If they would rather die,’ said Scrooge “they had better do it and decrease the surplus population. …show more content…

But the Hero’s Journey has twelve steps and that is only six. After the Approach comes the Crisis. The Crisis is where the hero must overcome the challenge that he or she is facing. The Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come is showing Scrooge his world the day after he was found dead. Scrooge has no idea that he is the one who is dead, and his hearing his fellow business men badmouth him. (put a quote in) The Spirit takes Scrooge to a cemetery, and he approaches his grave, realising they were talking about him. The next stage is Treasure. For Scrooge this treasure isn’t a magic object, or killing a villian, it is knowledge. On this journey Scrooge has learned to be a good person. The next step is the Result, which is similar to the Treasure, in that Scrooge is a kind person now. In the Return stage, Scrooge wakes up in his bed. New Life follows the Return. Scrooge starts to do good as soon as he wakes up. (quotttteeee). In the Resolution, Scrooge gives Bob Cratchit a raise, and starts to help his family out. The final step is the returning back to the Status Quo. Scrooge continues with his life being a much kinder

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