A Hero's Journey: Alice in WonderlandA Hero's Journey is a story pattern that appears in novels, stories, myths, and religious rituals . It was first identified by American scholar Joseph Campbell in his book A Hero with Thousand Faces. Campbell also discussed this model in his interview with Bill Moyers which was later published as the book The Power of Myths. This pattern describes the typical adventure of the archetype known as the Hero, the person who goes out and accomplishes great deeds. Campbell detailed many stages of the hero's journey, but he also summarized the pattern into three basic phases: separation, trial, and return that all heroes, regardless of gender, age, culture, or background. religion, must overcome to achieve the goal. Alice in Wonderland, written by Lewis Carroll, provides a good example of the hero's journey. This story describes the adventures of Alice, a young English girl, in Wonderland. Although she lacks some of the steps Campbell identified, she still possesses many of the steps that are necessary for a hero to be considered a hero. The first phase, separation, usually begins with the hero's introduction to the audience in the ordinary world. . The hero's journey begins at a starting point, his home, a place to which he can eventually return. The main purpose of introducing the hero to the ordinary world is to create a sharp contrast with the strange new world he is about to enter. So, Alice begins her quest sitting next to her sister by a lake. The moment when she gets bored of looking through the book which does not contain pictures and therefore makes her sleepy, is the signal that something is about to happen. The Call to Adventure is an inc...... middle of paper ......e at the end of the story, in which she herself dreams of the adventures that Alice has just experienced. Adult Alice will have children of her own and, perhaps, entertain them with the story of Wonderland. Indeed, the dream acquires a certain reality when it is broadcast, in the form of a story, to so many others. So, Alice in Wonderland is a good illustration of a hero's journey. This story allows us to see how Alice overcomes the three main phases and most of the stages identified by Campbell in her journey of transformation from an unruly child to a well-behaved young adult. Throughout the story, Alice overcomes the absurdities of both young and old before truly understanding what adulthood is. Throughout her adventures in Wonderland, she encounters many new situations and encounters different archetypes necessary for her to be considered a Hero..