The Hero's Journey In Chains By Laurie Halse Anderson

The Hero’s Journey: A journey in which a hero develops, faces challenges, and discovers themselves. In a dystopia, a hero is the only chance of hope for society to overcome and rebel against the government, but the hero not only fights for their society, they lead and inspire others to do the same. Laurie Halse Anderson, the author of Chains, develops Isabel’s journey; Isabel is a slave during the Revolutionary War that changes the life for not only her sister and friend but for many slaves in New York. Isabel’s desire for freedom and determination leads her to rebel against her strict master and changing lives for. Isabel grows and changes throughout her hero’s journey, which is unique because of her atonement and is complete with her abyss.

After Isabel runs away, madam orders for her to be branded with an “I” for insolence. At the end of the book, before she makes her final escape, she realizes that she can make a connection to her I by looking at it from a different perspective. Isabel’s father had three lines across his cheek. She remembers how her father was proud if the marks. She realizes that the marks they share helps her honor and become closer to her father. It made her stronger. The last moment in this section most important. She realizes that the “I” may mean Isabel. This shows her rising from the bottom, and she knows what to do. Some might have thought that this was the end of Isabel; I think that this was the