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

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The hero’s journey in The Hunger Games and The Goonies have a number of similarities and differences when ranging how the hero’s journey can be adapted and changed. The Call to adventure, The Reward, and The ordinary world in both these stories can be interchangeable and can be adapted. In the Reward part it also has some differences and similarities throughout the part with a big difference. In The Hunger Games, Katniss had to work very very hard for a very long time to win The Hunger games. She had to find food, fight and kill 7 people, form alliances and ultimately, win. However, in The Goonies, they had only found the treasure by accident. Most of The Goonies involves running and some thinking. Sure, they were risking their lives, but they didn’t have to survive 21 other people actively trying to kill them. And in the end, they got to save their homes just because someone found treasure in the marble bag. It was a test, but not a hard one. However there is at least one similarity. They get to keep their reward for their lives. In The Hunger Games, after Katniss wins, she will have infinite food and water until she dies. And she will be treated like a king. In the goonies, they get to keep their homes for forever, because likely the treasure they got is enough to let them keep their homes until they die. Even though …show more content…

In the Hunger Games, Katniss had only a very short time to decide whether or not to volunteer because of her sister. It was very hard because there were a bunch of things that could go wrong whether or not she volunteered. However in The Goonies as soon as they found the treasure, they had a choice and they could choose whether or not to go and find the treasure and save their homes. This was also very hard because if they didn’t choose, they wouldn’t see each other again. However, both stories had a very important choice that would involve life or

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Both books show, sometimes life is not fair so you learn to not give up and fight back. They show this differently because one book shows Katniss just goes into the Hunger games and doesn’t fight back. The other other book shows Katniss fights back and tries to not go in the Hunger games. The Hunger games is about this girl named Katniss and the boy who gave her bread get picked to go into the Hunger games. The Hunger games is where 2 kids from every district get picked to go and fight for their lives.

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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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The Hero’s Journey Similarities and Differences Between Hunger Games and Goonies The Hunger Games and The Goonies have many similarities and differences in how the author used the Hero’s Journey. Tests/Allies/Enemies One similarity between the Hunger Games and the Goonie's tests/allies/enemies section of the book is they both set off on their quest/adventure not to lose something they hold close/dear to them. In The Hunger Games, Katniss doesn’t want to lose Prim; in The Goonies, the Goonie’s don’t want to leave their houses and disband. Near the beginning of the Goonies, the Goonies say, “This is our last Goonie weekend together.”

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The Hunger Games and The Goonies are alike and different in the Hero’s Journey. Many times there are things partially the same and in times like the Call to Adventure, Test/Allies/Enemies, and the Approach where they can be connected in different ways even though they are different stories. The Call to Adventure in both books are very different. In The Goonies, they find one-eyed Willy's treasure map.

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The Goonies needed to get a lot of gold and rich stuff to save their town but they needed it. The refusal can be similar and different at the same time. The crossing the threshold for Hunger Games is when she is going to the Capitol with Peeta and is about to play the Games.

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The Goonies and The Hunger Games are similar and different regarding The Hero's Journey such as Test Allies and Enemies, The Mentor, and the Reward Each has a number of key differences and key similarities. Each can demonstrate the hero's journey. The Goonies have the Fratellis as one of their Enemies chasing them down because they don't want them to find the treasure nor want them to tell the cops where they are. In The Hunger Games Katniss has to fight for her life against almost everyone and she has to fight for a very long period of time before she wins the Hunger Games. A key similarity is that they are both basically fighting/trying to get their prize/victory for example Katniss is trying to win The Hunger Games and the Goonies are trying to get the

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She plays as a lead role from the start, she hunts and forages and

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The concept of “The Hero’s Journey” plays a major role in nearly every piece of fiction humanity has created since its inception, from epic poems to blockbuster movies. In many ways, works of fiction and some pieces of nonfiction could not exist and would not make sense without the concept of a Hero’s Journey; it allows the reader to comprehend and follow the progression of characters over the course of the story. While Cormac McCarthy’s novel The Road may not display most of the archetypal qualities found in classic Hero’s Journeys such as J. R. R. Tolkien’s The Hobbit or Homer’s Odyssey and Iliad, it most clearly exemplifies the qualities of a Hero’s Journey through the Boy’s character in relation to the mentor, tests and enemies, and the

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In the other hand people who are not used to it, think it’s hard. If you want to live, you will. You will do anything you can so that you can survive. In the movie The Hunger Games, Katniss Everdeen’s sister was picked so that she could represent District 12. However Katniss did not want anything to happen to her sister, so she volunteered as

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Often in literature, comparing stories will lead to revelations about human nature. Lord of the Flies and The Hunger Games both share a motif of being trapped and take human nature to another level. Lord of the Flies and The Hunger Games prove that working together and looking out for each other will give you a greater shot at victory. One very significant similarity is that in both books the characters are trapped on an island and fighting for their safety and survival. In Lord of the Flies, school boys, Ralph, Roger, Simeon, Piggy, Jack and along with other kids are trapped on an island and have to fight for survival, but, after a while of being on the island the civilization starts to die and so do the boys from violence and lack of communication.

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Both movies exhibit teenage girls stepping out of their comfort zone, who are considered to be a protagonist, to partake in rituals that are extremely violent. These rituals could potentially be life threatening. Many facets of the main characters reflect their personality differences and similarities. The Hunger Games series is set in a similar world, but where 1984 is a world entirely void of hedonism, Panem is all about fun for the masses in the form of a fight-to-death style game show, somewhere between the Romans ' idea of 'Bread and Circus ' and Takami 's 1996 novel 'Battle Royale '. It has plenty of action and draws its inspiration from a variety of sources, the myth of Theseus, Thomas Hardy, Robin Hood, The Great depression, The Goddess

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