The Nickel Boys’ Elwood through the Scope of Joseph Campbell’s Hero’s Journey

Wesley Allan Hopkins

doi:10.17722/jell.v13i2.429

The Nickel Boys’ Elwood through the Scope of Joseph Campbell’s Hero’s Journey

Authors

Wesley Allan Hopkins University of North Alabama

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.17722/jell.v13i2.429

Keywords:

hero journey, hero myth, monomyth, nickel boys, joseph campbell, elwood, olson whitehead;

Abstract

This paper examines The Nickel Boys’ main character Elwood, explaining that his story is an accurate representation of Joseph Campbell’s hero’s journey or “monomyth.” It explains the stages of the hero’s journey and compares them to moments in Elwood’s story.

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Published

2020-04-30

How to Cite

Hopkins, W. A. (2020) “The Nickel Boys’ Elwood through the Scope of Joseph Campbell’s Hero’s Journey”, Journal of English Language and Literature (ISSN: 2368-2132), 13(2), pp. 1222–1225. doi: 10.17722/jell.v13i2.429.