Campbell talks about the Hero’s Journey not being about attainment but reattainment.
For example in the Pixar movie Up, Carl was as a child passionate about becoming an adventurer. His journey to South America and ensuing…
Campbell talks about the Hero’s Journey not being about attainment but reattainment. What the Hero is seeking has been inside them all along. That offers a straight line to Rebirth. The journey creates circumstances which reawaken an aspect of the character’s psyche, hence, the rebirth connection.
For example in the Pixar movie Up, Carl was as a child passionate about becoming an adventurer. His journey to South America and ensuing antics is about his adventurous spirit reawakening.