(Intro→) The book “Friends With Boys” by Faith Erin Hicks is about a girl named Maggie who’s been homeschooled all her life and is entering the ninth grade at a public High School. The plot mainly revolves around Maggie and how she deals with the numerous challenges and new experiences life throws her way. Through usage of "The Hero's Journey" (a common archetype that most books and movies follow) main plot points, major problems, etc can be broken down into different sections. (Stages →) “Friends with Boys” is a relatively solid example of a hero’s journey narrative. Maggie faces a fair amount of structural points that are essential to a good hero’s journey novel. The beginning of the story introduces the reader to Maggie, her family, and what their conventional is. Her brothers mess around with her, her father seeks to comfort her due to her first day…show more content… This is to showcase Maggie's 1) “Ordinary World” before the commencement of the journey. Next, the storyline progresses with “Crossing the Threshold,” signifying the start of the story. When she takes a deep breath after having a pep talk of sorts with her older brother, Daniel, where he tells her “ You gotta do this Maggie. And you can.” she enters into her classroom. There she meets her first ally, Lucy, advancing into the next phase of the journey “Tests, Allies, and Enemies.” Maggie then goes onto meet Lucy’s brother, Alistar who’ll also serve as an ally to her, and the main adversary of the book, an individual named Matt. Although his aggressions aren’t a result of Maggie, he does
