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The Lightning Theif Hero's Journey

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When you think of hero you may think about the Marvel or DC universes.But Joseph Cambell made steps that people are following to become a hero.Percy Jackson in The Lightning theif follows the steps in the hero’s journey.The lightning theif aligns with the hero’s journey because There are many events in the Lightning theif that aligns with the Hero’s journey. One of the steps in The Hero’s Journey is Entering the unkwown.In this steps it states”the heros enter a world they have never experienced before.”In Chapter 5 of the Lightning theif it states”Welcome to Camp half blood.”This fact aligns with the hero’s Journey because percy has never experienced like camp half blood before.This step is the first step of the hero’s journey because it shows

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