The Hero In The Writer's Journey

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A Hero is a person who is brave and acts to protect and to serve the population. A hero is someone who is willing to sacrifice his own life for the safety of others. At the origin of a hero is self-sacrifice and can be male or female. In The Wrath of Khan (1982), Spock says, “Logic clearly dictates that the needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few.” Captain Kirk answers, “Or the one.” This is the essential makeup of a hero and their unselfishness. The hero separates themselves from the normal world and are able to exceed the limits of their own ego for all mankind. Christopher Vogler a story consultant for Hollywood states from his book The Writer’s Journey, “The Hero represents the ego's search for identity and wholeness.” “In the process …show more content…
They have decent qualities, nevertheless their flaws win out. This hero faces adversity through bad judgments and educes feelings of pity or fear from the audience. These types of heroes for example, are Darth Vader from the “Star Wars” trilogy and Davy Jones from “Pirates of the Caribbean.” Anakin Skywalker was a young slave boy and wanted to help people. His abilities made him arrogant and fear of losing the ones he loved making him a target for the dark side. This fear made him angry and isolated from his friends and consumed him with evil and became Darth Vader. His redemption by his son Luke Skywalker in “Return of the Jedi” and saved Luke from dying by killing Emperor Palpatine. Davy Jones is a sea captain, who falls in love with a sea goddess. She breaks his heart, making him angry and unkind. He becomes both human and octopus, which makes him to do horrible things to people. He was not bad at first, but his love turns him into bad man, and his son kills him. These are tragic heroes broken by themselves and loved …show more content…
They usually save the day by themselves and sometimes need assistance from others. They do their own thing and dedicate their lives to their work. If they are in a group, they will often be detached from the other members. Once the hero has completed the mission with the group, they will return to their isolation. In “The Searchers” directed by John Ford, Ethan - played by John Wayne returns home after being absent for a long time. His niece is abducted by Indians after they kill her family. He and a group go on search to find her and when they do she is now a teenager. After a battle with the Indians, Ethan finds his niece in a cave, picks her up to bring her back to her home. After arriving home, she is reunited with her family as Ethan stands outside. These heroes are always looking from the outside in and never part of a