Choose three of the five steps from departure:

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Format: MLA documentation (don’t forget your Works Cited page)
Length: five pages minimum; three steps from Departure; three steps from Initiation; three steps from Return
Sources: three minimum
Assignment: You will analyze a film that you feel closely follows the steps of Joseph Campbell’s mythic hero’s journey. Refer to the first handout I provided you for two examples, Star Wars and The Matrix. You will obviously need to research Joseph Campbell’s notions regarding the mythic hero’s journey. Campbell’s The Hero with a Thousand Faces will help you out immensely if you can find it. Wikipedia is not an acceptable source. It is possible to do a superficial job of researching and still attain the three source minimum; however, the measure of a strong paper will be the depth of knowledge you display regarding the steps of the mythic hero’s journey and its synthesis and application to your film. Keep in mind that Campbell’s Journey should be treated as a flexible model with plenty of room for you to be creative yet disciplined in your choices and analyses.
You will choose the film that you used for your Mini-Research paper, which was released in the year 2022. If you write on a film released in any other year, the paper will receive a zero.
Choose three of the five steps from Departure:
1. The Call to Adventure
2. Refusal of the Call
3. Supernatural Aid
4. Crossing the First Threshold
5. The Belly of the Whale
Choose three of the six steps from Initiation:
1. The Road of Trials
2. The Meeting with the Goddess
3. Temptation Away from the True Path
4. Atonement with the Father
5. Apotheosis
6. The Ultimate Boon
Choose three of the six steps from Return:
1. Refusal of the Return
2. The Magic Flight
3. Rescue from Without
4. Crossing the Return Threshold
5. Master of the Two Worlds
6. Freedom to Live
You must also include an introduction and conclusion for a total of eleven paragraphs. Also, don’t forget a Works Cited page.