Life to me is a journey - you never know what may be your next destination, (David Russell). In the documentary it talks about the journey that follows all of us but that certain of us want to answer the call. In Finding Joe many of the speakers were talking about the same steps of the journey but how they got to them either later in their life from a traumatic event or experience that shaped them. In the book, ¨Bridge to Terabithia,¨ the main character Jess goes through the same hero 's journey and meets many people along the way to help him with his search. Jess faces struggles in his day to day life that many people in his ¨world¨ inflict upon him and he feels as though he is living in another world altogether. The hero 's journey reflects Jess as a character and shapes him as a person, meeting his mentor that helps him through his rough patch to give him hope, and the reward that comes with following the journey and the mentor, as well as seizing the sword. The main character Jess, is the only character that follows this journey in finding the new world in the book, ¨Bridge to Terabithia¨. Jess is just a lonely kid who lives in a farmhouse with his sisters, his mom, and his dad. He is not shown any favoritism and it seems to him that his life could not get any worse, going through the life of the ordinary world. An example of this occurs …show more content…
¨The Bridge to Terabithia,¨ helps by following the hero 's journey precisely and gives the hero the sense of growth. In ¨Finding Joe,¨ the group of speakers talk about how emotional the journey to go through is, which is why many people do not find a reason to be apart of the journey. The hero 's journey reflects Jess as a character and shapes him as a person, meeting his mentor that helps him through his rough patch to give him hope, and the reward that comes with following the journey and the mentor, as well as seizing the sword. Jess shows growth and a resurrection from a mentally harmful experience in his