The hero’s journey is one of the most prominent archetypes in literature. Whether we look at that 500 years ago or 500 hours ago, there is always some rendition of it available to the p[resent society. What is it about this outline that makes it so appealing to an audience. Comparing ‘Siddhartha’ by Herman Hesse and ‘Into the Spiderverse’ we start to see the overall purpose and therefore, benefit of using this plotline. Both of these stories try to promote a moral or stance. ‘Siddhartha’ tries to show the importance of individuality and how many times the tried and tested method is wrong because everyone is faking it till they make something they can’t make. Spirituality and enlightenment is a self-discovery journey and there is no one answer or procedure. Everyone is different and it takes a leap of faith to get to a point where you can say you know yourself and you can function at your highest potential. Wow how totally random that the last sentence fit perfectly with the ...
This is a blog dedicated to writing about things we learned in class that would appear to people should they have been in that time period, but with the mindset they have now.