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     William Faulkner’s “As I Lay Dying ” is a unique and compelling book for modernist enthusiasts that tells a story of a family of a father, Anse Bundren, and five children who lost the mother of the household, Addie Bundren. Unlike most books readers are familiar with today, “As I Lay Dying” follows a modernist structure, meaning it rejects traditional literary structure and focuses more on the main character’s stream of consciousness and experience. Because the modernist movement in literature differs greatly from traditional forms of literature, readers might struggle to understand the book’s theme or message, the meaning of simple dialogue, and whether modernist literatures have a theme at all is debatable. This leads to the question: Does “As I Lay Dying ” have any elements of a traditional narrative? More specifically, does it follow Joseph Campbell’s Hero’s Journey? After reading halfway through the book, the history and nature of post World War I modernism...

          The film Mulan entails an interesting story that takes place in medieval China during a Hunnic invasion, about a young woman named Mulan who takes her father’s place in the military when he is drafted. The movie starts off with her failing to live the legacy her ancestors wanted her to live and ends with her saving China and finding herself and peace afterward. The film Mulan is a perfect example of a Heroine’s Journey because it shows how the female protagonist goes through an awakening journey to find herself and satisfaction. In this blog, I will argue what the last three phases of Maureen Murdock’s version of the Hero’s Journey are. The last parts where Mulan fights the evil Hunnic general to the part when she reunites with her family, specifically her father, exemplify the last steps of Maureen Murdock’s Heroine’s Journey.           The scene where Mulan tells Li Shang that Shan Yu breached into the city shows how the film...