Thursday, September 6, 2012

Hero's Journey

Aladdin! As a child my favorite hero was and still is Aladdin. For those who don't think of him as a hero, they sure didn't look close enough. Aladdin exibits all the qualities and aspects a hero goes through, including a hero's journey. Starting with the departure after Princess Jasmine and her father the sultan are captured by Jafar and forced into submission. Aladdin then fights and fights to get to them even with all the odds stacked against him. Once there being physically weaker then Jafar he uses his cunning and wit to trick Jafar and save the princess. Finally they return to Agrahba and Aladdin has the realization that he can no long pretend to be something he's not and frees the genie giving up his chances of ever being with Jasmine.

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