Messi's Journey
Joseph Campbell's Hero's Journey, also known as monomyth, is a path that many fictional stories follow. The journey describes 17 steps that heroes throughout fiction of all location and times go through, some examples of characters and stories that closely follow this journey would include Luke Skywalker in Star Wars, Simba from the Lion King, and Hercules from Roman mythology. Though the journey is a template of fictional stories, due to real life not being as perfect, I do think the journey of Lionel Messi, my favorite soccer player, follows this journey weirdly well. Specifically, his journey of him and his national team of Argentina. Just for a quick context of who he is, Lionel Andres Messi was born on June 24th, 1987, in Rosario, Argentina to parents of Italian ancestry. From an incredibly early age, Messi showed a talent in soccer, he was signed by FC ...