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The Situational Archetype Of The Hero's Journey

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An author can express a much deeper meaning in writing than is shown on the surface. Literary theory is used to open your eyes to show those deeper meanings. While reading Batman the author Marie Lu shows that heroes must face obstacles on their journey in order to become the great person they are. The author uses the situational archetype of the hero's journey as well as the symbolic archetype of the mountain to show the theme of heroes taking a journey and growing into the person they've become.
The novel Batman written by author Marie Lu was originally published in January 2018. The author wrote this book in order to tell the story of a beloved character, The Batman. The genre of this book is fiction and superheroes, the subgenres are adventure and young adult literature. In the novel Bruce Wayne is a new billionaire who just inherited his parents fortune because they passed away while he was a child. Unfortunately Bruce is having to learn how to grow up without parents because of their passing. Luckily Bruce's butler Alfred is his mentor in …show more content…

The theme of the novel Batman is that heroes must face obstacles on their journey in order to become great. The author uses the archetypes of the hero's journey along with the mountain to help portray this theme. The hero's journey is a situational archetype that involves a hero who goes on an adventure, learns a lesson, wins a victory with that newfound knowledge, and then returns home transformed. The mountain is a symbolic archetype that shows a spiritual journey. The author uses the hero’s journey to show how Bruce Wayne had to be disciplined for his actions and learned lessons and grew as a man with his new wealth and knowledge. She also uses the symbolic archetype of the mountain to show how Bruce had to go on a journey within himself in order to grow with his feelings and emotions and how to handle him being a new adult with lots of

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