Is the hero’s journey ethical? by Koh, Jia Ling.

“…This essay examines the tropes of the hero’s journey home, and his quest to protect home, as portrayed by Hollywood (using the blockbusters Inception (2010) and Star Trek (2009), as well as in the art house film Letters from Iwo Jima (2006) as a reference), and studies the ethics of the hero and his journey: to see if the hero is indeed heroic, or ethical. …”
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