The Million Dollar Baby The Hero

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The Million Dollar BabyThe Heros Journey

• By Mehrdad Haghi

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The Call to Adventure

• Call to Adventure where the hero is pushed to
  resolve a challenge.
• Maggie needs to escape her southern red neck
  roots and Frankie needs to solve the problems
  concerning his daughter.

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Refusal of the Call

• Refusal of the Call where there is refusal.
• Frankie refuses to train Maggie

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Supernatural Aid

• Supernatural Aid where a powerful advisor
  encourages the hero to do the work.
• Eddie begins to help Maggie with her training and
  also guides Frankie towards Maggie.

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The Crossing of the First Threshold

• The Crossing of the First Threshold where a
  point of no return is crossed.
• Maggie works hard in the gym. There is no going
  back for her.

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Belly of the Whale

• Belly of the Whale where the hero physically
  separates from his Old World and heads into the
  Transformation.
• Willie leaves Frankie and Frankie has nothing
  else to do except train Maggie.

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Road of Trials

• Road of Trials where the hero transforms but
  not completely.
• Maggie becomes a professional boxer.

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The Meeting with the Goddess

• The meeting with the goddess where the hero
  faces a difficult choice.
• Maggie buys her family a house and Frank takes on
  the role of the father.

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Woman as the Temptress

• When Maggie does not know what to do about the
  Bear and wants to give up.

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Atonement with the Father

• Atonement with the Father where the hero
  confronts the obstacle.
• Maggie fights and loses to the blue Bear.

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Apotheosis

• Apotheosis where the hero has the ecstasy
  state.
• Maggie realizes that she should have listened to
  Frankie and protected herself.

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Ultimate Boon

• Ultimate Boon the achievement of the goal of
  the quest. It is what the person went on the
  journey to get.
• Both Frankie and Maggie get a family.

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Refusal of the Return

• Refusal of the Return where the hero is
  repulsed by his Old Self or there is refusal on
  some level.
• Frankie refuses to go back to the gym.

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Magic Flight

• Magic Flight where the hero attempts to escape
  from the antagonism or, for some reason, is
  unable to confront it.
• Frankie takes Maggie away and attempts to find
  doctors who can reverse the situation.

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Rescue from Without

• Rescue from Without where the hero is pulled
  back toward his or her challenges.
• Maggie's family return and Frankie wants to
  replace them and resists their arrival.

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Crossing the Return Threshold

• Crossing the Return Threshold where the hero
  confronts the antagonism.
• Maggie loses her legs and asks Frankie to kill
  her.

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Master of the Two Worlds

• Master of the Two Worlds where the antagonism
  is defeated. Frankie kills Maggie.

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Freedom to Live

• Freedom to Live where the hero is freed from
  the antagonism.
• Frankie does not return to the gym.