Pitch Perfect: The Hero's Journey

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The movie Pitch Perfect is a great example of the Hero’s Journey, without being too obvious. It follows a college freshman, Becca Mitchell, who has no desire to attend college. She begins the steps to the Hero’s Journey when the Bellas ask her to join their acapella group. She refuses them, because they seem uptight and boring. Later on, Chloe, her mentor, hears Becca singing in the shower and convinces her to go to tryouts. This is when she crosses her first threshold, because the auditions make her feel out of place. Also this is when she ventures into another “world”. She begins their training for their competition, beginning her rivalry with the leader, Aubrey, who is clearly a threshold guardian. Also, Becca is slowly falling in love with