Justin Murray

This paper is about the Hero's Journey. I chose to write about Phillip Enright. I feel that Phillip completed the Hero's Journey by going through what he did.

In Phillip's separation he leaves the island. It starts with the calling and the war is the calling. Then conversations between mom and dad become the threshold. Finally, ending with the descent, which is them leaving. I feel this part is very important to me because it gives us a familiarity with Phillip and his surroundings.

The initiation is where Phillip goes from where he was to where he becomes. The first sage, abyss, is where he is on a raft in the Caribbean ocean, becomes blind, and lands on an unknown island. The mentor part is where Timothy teaches him by slapping Phillip for being rude, preparing Phillip for the storm, and by protecting Phillip from the storm. After mentor comes transformation, where Phillip's attitude changed after he got slapped, Phillip helped Timothy through his illness, and Timothy's death impacted Phillip.

The return is where the hero (Phillip) comes back and uses what he learned to make the world a better place. Phillip gets rescued on a boat. He goes through surgery and gets his eyesight back. He also hangs out with the black people more because to him the color doesn't matter. My opinion about the return is that it is very important to see how Phillip has changed and how much more mature he is.

I talked about Phillip Enright and I talked about his Hero Journey or what I like to call his stages to (in the long run) becoming a better person. I feel he completed the Hero's Journey. The book was really good because it showed a perfect picture on the Hero's Journey and was a great read.