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The Hero's Journey In The Hunger Games And The Goonies

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The Hunger Games and The Goonies The Hunger Games and The Goonies are alike and different in many ways in their approach to The Hero's Journey. The Call to Adventure, The Mentor Helper, and Ordeal have a number of similarities and differences. Each show how The Hero's Journey can be told in different texts and stories. In The Call to Adventure in The Hero's Journey there are many similarities and differences between The Hunger Games and The Goonies. In The Goonies, Mikey finds a treasure map in the attic and Brandon tries to stop him from thinking he can make the adventure. Although in The Hunger Games, no one stops Katniss’s decision from taking Prim’s place in the drawing. In The Goonies, Brandon and Mikey’s friends are trying to influence Mikey not to go on the adventure. In The Hunger, Games Katniss takes Prim’s place without thinking and also without influence. Another difference is in The Goonies no one is forced to find One-Eyed …show more content…

One similarity between The Hunger Games and The Goonies, is the enemy is met at the beginning and then fought with at the end. In The Hunger Games, Cato was first introduced in the training center, then Katniss and Peeta fought him at the end. In The Goonies they met the Fratellis at the beginning in the restaurant, and even though the Fratellis chased The Goonies throughout the whole movie they only met up in the end. Another similarity between The Hunger Games and The Goonies is that the enemys both wanted the same thing, to take the reward from the main character. In The Hunger Games Cato wants the reward of keeping his life, winning The Hunger Games and killling Katniss and Peeta. In The Goonies, the Fratellis want the reward of taking the treasure. This is how The Hunger Games and The Goonies are similar and different in their approach to The Ordeal in The Hero’s

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An example of a similarity that The Hunger Games and The Goonies had was when both stories lost an ally then gained back an ally. In The Hunger Games katniss and Rue were an ally for awhile until they separated and Rue got trapped by one of the career’s trap and Katniss was too late to save Rue she died sadly then when she walked away from

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One similarity between the Hunger Games and Goonies is Katniss had to step up for her sister Prim because her name got called. In the Goonies Mikey found a map and had to step up and try to get everyone to believe him. A difference is that in the Hunger Games Katniss didn't think about it; she just took Prim's place and in the Goonies they thought about it a lot before they decided. A difference in the Hunger Games is Katniss had no one but herself and Peeta. In the Goonies Miky had Mouth, Chunk, Data, Brandon, Andy and Steff.

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The Hunger Games takes place in a dystopian society in the future where everything has fallen apart and collapsed. The Goonies takes place in a semi-modern time in Astoria, Oregon. One similarity is Goonies and The Hunger Games have bad things that have been happening in the ordinary world. In the Hunger Games, there is an event called the Hunger Games where they pick a boy and a girl from each of the 12 districts to fight to the death until there is one left standing. In The Goonies, a rich neighborhood is buying the normal neighborhood and replacing it with a golf

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The way that The Hunger Games and Goonies approach the hero's journey that they are both alike because they needed to do what they wanted like Katniss needed to get food and help Prim and her mom, and the Goonies needed money so they can stay in Goonsville, by the refusal, crossing the threshold, and the road back they both have similarities and differences. The refusal for The Hunger Games is when Katniss refuses to let her 12 year old sister go in The Hunger Games so she decides to take her spot in the games. The Goonies refuse to let the people tear down there houses and city so they look for treasure and try to save Goonsville. The refusal is similar because they both are trying to save something, Katniss saves Prim, and the Goonies save their houses from getting destroyed and area turned into a golf course.

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There are many smaller parallels (mini-themes) between the two texts. The first is forced participation in deadly activities. The Indigenous people must run from the recruiters and will do anything to avoid getting sent to residential schools, including killing those who betrayed them. Frenchie thought “We were now running, looking at reality” (Dimaline, 47). As names are called in District 12 during the Hunger Games reaping, “Primrose Everdeen” is called as Prim looks devastated as she has just been handed a death ticket at the ripe age of 12.

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They both aren’t the same on how they use weapons or things to kill each other. In “The Lottery” it states that “...a stone hit her on the side of the head”(Jackson 6). The weapons they were using to kill her was rocks and she had to hold a bigger rock, while she was getting hit. In “The Hunger Games” it states “I can see the weapon, a short, heavy blade at his belt” (Collins 182).

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