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Yes, because we can draw parallels between our world, and their world. Many conflicts faced are conflicts that we face in real life, or are at least based on conflicts we face in real life. We may aspire to gain traits like bravery and kindness, which are shown in books.

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McBirney asserts that the Hero's Journey structure can be found across genres. What is another book or movie that follows the Hero's Journey? Describe how your choice fills the requirements of the Hero's Journey.

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Another TV Show that follows the Hero's Journey is Avatar: The Last Airbender. In it, his Ordinary World is when there is peace, which for him, was 100 years ago, with the air nomads. His call to adventure was learning how the Fire Nation had waged war on the world, and was close to victory. He accepts the call, and starts his journey across the world to learn his needed skills. His mentors become Katara and Sokka, especially Katara, who teaches him waterbending, and how the world works now. He faces many tests, like when he has to hike through a canyon and solve a multi-generational ethnic conflict, save the Northern Water Tribe, and run from Zuko, Zhao, and others. He also makes allies with people across the world, but especially with Toph, a later addition. He also makes enemies of the Fire Nation very quickly. The Ordeal would be the Book 2: Earth Finale, where he battles Azula, Zuko, and an army of Ba Sing Se's Dai Li agents, and almost died, but is able to survive due to Katara's healing water. However, following the disaster, he gains hope that he can still save the world. Then, the Supreme Ordeal is the Book 3: Fire Finale, when he faces the Fire Lord, and succeeds in defeating him without killing him. Then, he returns to a new life of peace, but is also ready to help guide the world through its new era of peace as well.

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In the text, the author claims that the Hero's Journey requires a main character who is the hero. Do you think any main character can be the hero? Why or why not?

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Yes, as movies like Cruella, despite being a prequel where she is shown in a more positive light, still show who would become a horrible villain as the hero of the story, having to overcome various obstacles to reach her goal.

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There have been movies of the so-called villain being the main character but the author puts you in the eyes of them so they aren't actually the villains in this story. Rather the hero.

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I agree that any main character can be a hero because going through the tests is when they change, turning into a hero.

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What makes an ideal fictional hero for you? Who is your favorite fictional hero and why?

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McBirney claims that the Hero's Journey is so popular because people aspire to be like the hero and can relate to them. How do stories help us understand our world? Can we learn lessons that apply to our world from stories that follow the Hero's Journey? Explain.

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Another movie in which you can find the Hero's Journey is Mulan. Mulan senses something is wrong and acts upon it. Following the adventure she finds herself in an army camp (new world) where she has a mentor (Mushu) throughout the story. She faces one final challenge at the end after gaining and losing allies and smaller battles.

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For me, an ideal fictional hero is one who faces considerable personal changes. My favorite fictional hero is Aang, because he grows from an immature child plagued by grief and trauma, while also having way too much power than he knew what to do with, to the mature leader of the world into a new era after 100 years of constant war and terror.

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Another movie that follows the Hero's Journey is The Lion King. After Mufasa is killed and Scar takes over, Simba hides, refusing to reclaim the kingdom from Scar. This is the call to adventure. He inevitably returns and defeats Scar, having realized what he must do. This shows change from the beginning of the movie.

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What makes an ideal fictional hero for me is when they don't start as a hero, having to realize who they truly are. My favorite fictional hero is Harry Potter. He starts out not knowing who he is. Then as he progresses, he finds out that he is what will save the magical world from Voldemort.

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Stories help us understand our world because they are distorted versions of the world we know. They teach us that our life may not end up how we expect it and that problems may cause us to change for the better or the worse in the future.

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Another Movie that follows heros journey is, ¨The Wizard Of Oz¨. after she is teleported she finds allies and works her way to defeat the witch.

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I Agree because any character can be a hero but they have to be challenged and face difficulty

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What makes a ideal fiction character for me is strong leadership and good judgment, I don't really have a favourite fiction character

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Stories help us understand are world because they show problems that happen in our world. they show these problems in a fantasy world to help raise awareness for our world.

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Another movie that follows the Hero's Journey is Harry Potter. Harry's journey from an orphaned outsider to a powerful young wizard born to defeat Voldemort follows the Hero's journey. In the beginning, he's a small, weak, orphan. Then, he's told he is a wizard, and he accepts the role. He makes friends, allies, and enemies. In the end, he almost permanently dies, but he defeats Voldemort. By the end of the movie series, he's a powerful wizard, not an orphaned outcast.

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I agree since the main character is the perspective you see the story through. Even if the main character is bad, they usually end up as a hero anyway.

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What makes an ideal fictional hero for me is if they show weakness but overcome it and if they truly end up as a good person. My favorite fictional hero is probably Jake Sully from Avatar. He starts on the enemy team but falls in love and saves the people he cares for most.

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Stories help us understand our world by taking present problems and putting them in a fantasy or imaginary world. We can learn from them since they are real-world problems. Stories bring light to the problems we currently have, and sometimes even a way to try to fix them.

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Another movie that follows the Hero's Journey is Iron Man. It's a Hero's Journey movie when the hero becomes a mentor to other heroes. It follows the structure of the Hero's Journey because at the start of the movie, he's rich before a near-death experience. Then he uses his new powers and uses them for good.

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Star Wars Episode IV is a great example of this, following many of the steps (though in a different order). It starts with the main character in their normal life. They meet the mentor and have their call to adventure before facing their first conflicts, also discovering who they can trust. The movie climaxes with the success of their end goal and their reward, although they don’t really make a journey back to their normal life.

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No, because I feel that any author would have to put the focus on the character going through the Hero's Journey by making them the main character. Otherwise, I don’t think it would work as well for as a narrative structure for writing.

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I think, for me, being able to relate to a character helps draw them out more and make them more ideal. Miles Prower from Baby Driver is just a normal person that, to an extent, I can have sympathy for and relate to.

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I feel people can take these stories where characters go on spontaneous adventures with little to no plan and should learn from them, using these lessons to create visions of their aspirations and act on their own aspirations spontaneously. Also teaching people to have confidence in their own goals, ideas, and trying something new.