Do you ever notice heroes around the holidays? Most people see the holidays as a stressful time of the year; is it possible that heroes appear to make it less stressful? We are surrounded by heroes everyday. Regardless of what characteristics you think make a hero or who might be a hero, you will find heroes in television shows as well as the film industry. If you actually think about heroes in a movie or television show you will notice it is a lot more common than we might think. A lot of movies are made based on the theme of a hero. There is a wide range of movies that go anywhere from The Sorcerer's Apprentice all the way to The Santa Clause. This is a big jump between movies, but both evolve around a central hero theme. A few years ago …show more content…
In his book, he has seventeen stages that follow each step of a hero's journey. In the movie Elf, there are five very important stages that follow through it: “The Call to Adventure,” The Crossing of the First Threshold,” The Road of Trials,” The Meeting with the Goddess,” and the major stage of the film, “Atonement with the Father.” These stages a very important in the movie Elf as they show how Buddy develops into an overall hero and teaching others from his own …show more content…
This is the beginning of his or her adventure. The hero is finally out on their own. Buddy reaches this stage when he arrives in New York City. In the movie we see Buddy walking down the streets of New York. He is not acting like everyone else. He does not seem to know or understand why people are doing what they are doing. For example, he starts to walk across a street when he sees a man waving down a taxi cab. Buddy instinctively waves back to the man because in his mind, he thinks that the man is waving at him. This stage plays a big part for him because he has never been away from the North Pole before as he grew up their his entire life. New York is a very strange place that he must explore. In Buddy's journey to becoming a hero this stage is a vital part because this is the ultimate place where Buddy is on his own. He grows into more of a hero from this stage because he is not afraid of being in a new place. He enjoys seeing new things and