When asked if he’d like to fight Apollo, his quick reaction is a simple, “No.” Rocky’s refusal of the call is subtle and brief but showing. When he shows up, he’s quickly offered the chance to fight for the title. Rocky thinks that they’re just looking for local sparring partners for the champ. They go through many options until Apollo finds Rocky “The Italian Stallion” Balboa.Īs Rocky shows up at Mickey’s boxing gym, he’s given a message that he’s been requested to appear at the offices of Apollo’s promoting partner. He wants something bigger.Īpollo and his team decide to give a no-name a chance. The options his people choose for his next match are lackluster. We watch as he tries to woe a local shy girl that works in a pet store he frequents.Įvery moment of his life, Rocky is seemingly reminded of how he’s nothing but a bum.Īpollo Creed, a Muhammad Ali-like world champion boxer, is looking for a new fight. We see him walk the streets of Philadelphia, trying to offer wisdom to an unappreciative neighborhood girl. During the day, he’s the local muscle for a loan shark. At night, he’s a club boxer fighting brutal fights for a few bucks. Rocky isn’t even a has-been boxer - he’s the definition of a never-was.
The story spends a tremendous amount of time within Rocky’s Ordinary World before he gets the call to adventure. Note: As with any application of story structure or formula, this is just a hindsight interpretation and implementation of The Hero’s Journey to this cinematic tale.
The Reward: After surviving The Ordeal, the hero seizes the sword - a reward that they’ve earned that allows them to take on the biggest conflict.The hero experiences more difficult hurdles and obstacles, some of which may lead to a life crisis. The Ordeal: Things go wrong and added conflict is introduced.The Approach: The initial plan to take on the central conflict begins, but setbacks occur that cause the hero to try a new approach or adopt new ideas.Tests, Allies, and Enemies: The hero learns the rules of the new world and endures tests, meets friends, and comes face-to-face with enemies.Crossing the Threshold: The hero leaves their ordinary world for the first time and crosses the threshold into adventure.Meeting the Mentor: The hero encounters a mentor that can give them advice, wisdom, information, or items that ready them for the journey ahead.Refusal of the Call: The hero initially refuses the adventure because of hesitation, fears, insecurity, or any other number of issues.Call to Adventure: The hero is faced with an event, conflict, problem, or challenge that makes them begin their adventure.The Ordinary World: We see the hero’s normal life at the start of the story before the adventure begins.For this series, we define the stages in simplified interpretations:
Ordinary world definition series#
Welcome to another installment of our new series A Hero’s Journey Breakdown where we explore Joseph Campbell’s mythological storytelling structure and how iconic films fit into that mold.įor last a week’s breakdown, check out: The Hero’s Journey Breakdown: TOP GUNĬhristopher Vogler’s approach to Campbell’s structure broke the mythical story structure into twelve stages. How does Rocky follow Joseph Campbell’s Hero’s Journey breakdown?
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