17 Stages of Joseph Cambells monomyth

17 Stages of Joseph Cambells monomyth

Call to adventureBoth Gandhi and tank man do not have the stage of call to adventure .

Refusal of callGandhi refused to become a barrister as his parents wanted him to become.Tank man had no such stage.Crossing First threshold Gandhi lead to different movements like the salt march , non cooperation etc.Tankman was commited to go in front of the tanks knowing that his life is in danger .Belly of the Whale Tank man was a just like a normal human being and instead of that he showed his willingness to complete his objective.

Road of trialsGandhi faced a lot of trials along the way of independence , he went to jail even when he was ignorant just to support the peasants and played mind games with the british.

Meeting with the GoddessDuring Gandhi's second year in England, two English brothers asked him to study the Bhagavad Gita, a part of the sacred Hindu scriptures, with them. A long poem of some seven hundred stanzas, written several hundred years before Christ was born, the Gita is a dialogue between the Hindu god Krishna and Arjuna, a warrior about to go into battle.Gandhi had never before studied the Gita, either in English, or in its original Sanskrit, or in Gujarati, his own dialect. It glorifies action, renunciation, and worldly detachment, and its message seared Gandhi's soul. He later called the Gita his "dictionary of conduct" and turned to it for "a ready solution of all my troubles and trials."

Temptation Gandhi couldnt pass the temptation stage as he married 16 women.Atonement with the fatherHis father was a prime minister of the district and was an idol for him .ApostasisGandhi was shot after India got independence .

The ultimate boonThe different movements lead by Gandhi was the ultimate boon , so that India got Independence .Tankmans major goal was to get publicized

Refusal of returnGandhi never turned back and continued to do whatever he wanted to