Blog # 7: Hero's Quest and Film.

DEPARTURE

Home Culture: Here it is where the story starts, the hero – Peter Banning/ Peter Pan – feels comfortable, or at least thinks that he has a normal life with family problems as everyone. In this stage, he has a job, a family, friends and activities to attend. Also, in this stage, his relationship with his family is not the best, especially with his two children. Therefore, he is not aware of what is going to happen. Call to Adventure: After having been living as “normal” as everyone, something starts changing when Peter and his family fly to London to visit his grandmother-in-law and attend to a meeting. His kids are kidnapped while they are in the meeting. Once they get home, Peter realizes that something happened. Here, the hero receives a letter from the person who kidnapped his kids( James Hook a pirate). Refusal of the Call: in this stage another character encourages Peter and tells him what to do. However, his ideas and the knowledge he has about what is normal make him think that the police can resolve the problem. Another character Wendy Darling, his grandmother-in-law, tries to convince him that he has the ability to fly. But he refuses that idea. Supernatural Aid: Here, after he sees a cartoon of Peter Pan, he gets nervous and starts drinking. Then, he tries to understand. Suddenly, a fairy appears in front of Peter and tries to encourage him to get his power back, by taking him to Neverland -- the place where Peter grew up. Crossing the First Threshold: Here the protagonist leaves his home, and everything he uses to see as normal. In this stage, he faces his first obstacl, which has to be overcome in order to enter completely to his unknown journey. He fights against some pirates and realizes that this is what he has to do to save his kids.

INITIATION

Roads of Trials: This is the stage in which the hero’s world has changed completely. This is also the stage where Peter is tested by James Hook, the antagonist, and is found vulnerable because he doesn’t know how to fight. So Pan receives the help of the fairy. The fairy helps him to fight because he obviously is not in good condition to do it by himself. Meeting a Soul Mate (mother figure): In this part, the hero meets with his soul mate, in this case the fairy and a group of children that live in Neverland. They start working in Peter’s journey. Peter starts practicing and preparing for the big war with Hook to save his children. Overcoming Temptation (father figure): While Peter Pan is getting ready to be able to fight in the war against the pirates, someone is trying to interfere in his journey in order to impede him to win the war. Even though something or someone was trying not to let him succeed, Peter overcomes his fears and starts using his imagination. He imagines food all over the table and that is the beginning of his journey as Peter Pan. Viewing the Whole Picture (god-like): Here the hero faces and goes to the final terrors. Peter sees his son and realizes that his son is really confused and that he likes James Hook. In this stage, Peter accepts that he needs more to be ready. Peter is in the midst of his journey. He knows that he has to recover his kids and come back to his normal life with his family. The Ultimate Goal: Here Peter Pan remembers everything how he came to Neverland, so he feels comfortable knowing that. He also remembers why he left Neverland, he remembers how time passed for people who lived in the earth, and he decided to stay with them where people get old. So here the hero understands how he can achieve his journey successfully, so he learns how to fly. He gets physical gifts and emotional rewards.

RETURN

Refusal of the Return: In this stage Peter Pan is forgetting his real life. He starts feeling that he has been always in that place, in Neverland. He doesn’t want to come back to home because he is comfortable in his new home. The Chase: In this stage, Peter Pan has to undergo a difficult situation; he has to make his son comfortable and make that his son looks at him as his father. So here, everything depends on what Pan is doing and his abilities, and power. He eventually fights against Hook and the rest of the pirates. The Rescue: Peter Pan needs the help of others, he and his friends fight in order to free his kids. So he receives their help. Crossing of the Return Threshold: Peter Pan already won the war, now he has to return to his real life. However, he is dealing with these two things the fantasy life and the real one. Master of Two Worlds: The hero feels comfortable in whatever place, his real or fantasy life. He has to choose, though. Freedom to Live: finally, Peter is at home with his kids. Now he knows how to live in real life “at home” with everything he learned; he doesn’t commit the same mistakes such us paying more attention to his work than his family.

THE END.

Image Link:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Hook_poster.jpg