The hero’s journey
Call to Adventure: How does the character receive the all to adventure?
In the middle of the movie, Michael was foreshadowed to be the next godfather. Following by the death of Sonny, it is observable that Michael is the next godfather. In terms of how Michael receive the call to adventure (meaning the drug business), I think the initial call to adventure for Michael was when he was sent on a mission to kill Sollozo.
Crossing the Threshold: At what point in the story does the hero leave the familiar world and move into a new, unfamiliar circumstance.
Michael was forced to leave his “familiar world” to Sicily for his safety because he had killed Sollozo.
Meeting with the Goddess: Does the hero meet with a character with special beauty and power?
Michael met Apollonia in Sicily. Apollonia was a gorgeous and lovable woman with a slightly naïve personality. Michael seems fully in loved with her; like in chemistry, opposites attract each other: Michael a gangster (the bad guy,or negative) and Apollonia a simple minded girl. Eventually, they got married (sacred marriage).
From these four match up points from the hero's journey chart, we could see that Mario Puzo
is interested in using archetypes.
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