The hero's journey is evident in multiple different stories. It describes the twelve stages the hero has to go through on the journey. The novel, Percy Jackson The Lightning Thief, demonstrates all twelve of the stages in the hero’s journey while Percy has to save the world. The book shows all stages in the hero’s journey but the three stages that are thoroughly explained are, the call to adventure, test/allies/enemies and the reward.
The call to adventure is the second stage that is used in Percy Jackson The
Lightning Thief and one of the most important. Without the call to adventure the hero would not start their journey to save the world and the adventure would not begin. The call to adventure is evident when Percy faces Mrs Dodds the fury with the mentor Mr Brunner at the museum because he realises he isn’t just a normal kid “Mr brunner… wheeled his chair into the doorway of the gallery holding a pen in his hand. He shouted, and tossed the pen in through the air… the metal blade hit [Mrs Dodds] shoulder and passed clean through her.” (Page 12) This shows Percy he is a hero and as of then takes on the hero archetype. Because of this particular event, it puts the journey into action which makes it an important stage.
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The test allies enemies stage is important because it tests the hero and his allies and adds suspense to the story. This stage of the story is shown when they receive tests like retrieving ares shield (page 237-240), journeying through the underworld (page 300-319) and facing Ares (page 328). The archetypes shown are The hero Percy, the allies Grover and Annabeth and the shadow Ares. This demonstrates the hero and his allies facing tests and enemies which is usually the climax point of the story making this stage one of the most suspenseful and important stages. This demonstrates the use of the Hero's Journey