Transform : Journal of English Language Teaching and Learning
Vol 12, No 1 (2023): Transform (March, 2023)

The Hero’s Journey Stages and Character Archetypes in Anthony Horowitz’s Novel Alex Rider (Stormbreaker)

Prades Adven Triman Zebua (Universitas Negeri Medan)
I Wayan Dirgeyasa Tangkas (Universitas Negeri Medan)



Article Info

Publish Date
14 Jun 2023

Abstract

This research attempts to find out 1) the hero’s journey stages in Anthony Horowitz’s novel Alex Rider (Stormbreaker) 2) Character archetypes and their roles in helping or hindering the hero to complete the hero’s journey stages in Alex Rider (Strombreaker). The research is conducted using qualitative research methods, the technique of data analysis is descriptive qualitative method, the instrument for collecting the data is documentary sheet. The source of data used for this research is Alex Rider (Stormbreaker) novel. The results of this study showed that the seventeen (17) stages formulated by Joseph Campbell are found in the novel. Furthermore, this study also showed that the seven (7) different archetypes formulated by Christopher Vogler are found in the novel. This concludes that the hero’s journey stages and the character archetypes formulas that the first data collected by Joseph Campbell was from oral tradition stories is found to be applicable to modern novels. 

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Journal Info

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jelt

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Subject

Humanities Electrical & Electronics Engineering Languange, Linguistic, Communication & Media Other

Description

Transform Journal is an open-access electronic journal that supports research in the field of Linguistics, Literature, and English Language Teaching. The aim of the journal is to publish academic research on applied linguistics relevant to actual issues and to be a publication platform for original ...