Night At The Museum Hero's Journey
Hero's Journey (Night at the Museum)
The story of "Night at the Museum", produced in 2006, is often portrayed as just a comedic movie, but in reality, it's a heroic tale of preserving the powers of an Egyptian tablet that lets the beings within the museum come to life at night. This story is a supernatural take, because things happen in this movie that are impossible to occur in the real world. The plot of the story revolves around a man named Larry Daley, a part time night guard for the New York City Museum, and every night he must make sure everything in the museum that came to life is out back to its original position and everything is as it was the day before. I will explain how this movie identifies with The Hero's Journey chart and how it relates within the departure, the initiation, and the return of the hero's journey. In the departure of the story, Larry Daley is looking for a job and he spots a position open at the New York City Museum for a night guard. He then talks to a man named Cecil, who is the owner of the museum, accepts the job, and at this moment he enters "The Call to Adventure". After a horrific night of confusion and chaos, he …show more content…
In a way, T is where Larry enters the "Refusal of Return" because his new boss does not want him to return. As Larry leaves his boss's office, they are shocked to witness a ginormous crowed of tourists at the museum steps that want a piece of the action. Immediately, you see Larry get his job back. This is where Larry is crowned "Master of the Two Worlds". Later that night he brings his son, Nick, and Nick's teacher, Rebecca, to a late night party with the museum life to celebrate Larry's return and successful retrieval of the tablet. As Larry notices he doesn't want to go anywhere else for a career, he enters the "Freedom to Live" or not worrying about the future, or regretting the
The story of "Night at the Museum", produced in 2006, is often portrayed as just a comedic movie, but in reality, it's a heroic tale of preserving the powers of an Egyptian tablet that lets the beings within the museum come to life at night. This story is a supernatural take, because things happen in this movie that are impossible to occur in the real world. The plot of the story revolves around a man named Larry Daley, a part time night guard for the New York City Museum, and every night he must make sure everything in the museum that came to life is out back to its original position and everything is as it was the day before. I will explain how this movie identifies with The Hero's Journey chart and how it relates within the departure, the initiation, and the return of the hero's journey. In the departure of the story, Larry Daley is looking for a job and he spots a position open at the New York City Museum for a night guard. He then talks to a man named Cecil, who is the owner of the museum, accepts the job, and at this moment he enters "The Call to Adventure". After a horrific night of confusion and chaos, he …show more content…
In a way, T is where Larry enters the "Refusal of Return" because his new boss does not want him to return. As Larry leaves his boss's office, they are shocked to witness a ginormous crowed of tourists at the museum steps that want a piece of the action. Immediately, you see Larry get his job back. This is where Larry is crowned "Master of the Two Worlds". Later that night he brings his son, Nick, and Nick's teacher, Rebecca, to a late night party with the museum life to celebrate Larry's return and successful retrieval of the tablet. As Larry notices he doesn't want to go anywhere else for a career, he enters the "Freedom to Live" or not worrying about the future, or regretting the