LiMiTLESS compared with Campbell's & my story

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compared to Joseph Campbell's  "The Hero has a Thousand Faces" and my life story.  

THE ORDINARY WORLD An aspiring writer, Eddie Morra, is a loser at work and romance.

ARCHETYPES APPEARING IN THE HERO’S JOURNEY

HEROES – EDDIE MORRA

THE CALL TO ADVENTURE/REFUSAL OF THE QUEST

Recently dumped by girlfriend Lindy, he is walking back home when he meets his former brother-in-law Vernon.

ARCHETYPES APPEARING IN THE HERO’S JOURNEYHERALD: The one who brings the Call to Adventure.

VERNON (Ex-brother-in-law)

ACCEPTING THE CALL Vernon gives him an experimental drug called NZT to increase his creativity.

ENTERING THE UNKNOWN Eddie finds the results are more than impressive and decides to seek out Vernon to ask for more pills.

ARCHETYPES APPEARING IN THE HERO’S JOURNEY

SHADOWS: Gennady

SUPERNATURAL AIDLINDY

ALLIES/HELPERSLINDY

TALISMAN NZT PILL

ARCHETYPES APPEARING IN THE HERO’S JOURNEY

SHAPESHIFTERS: represents change. NZT PILL

TESTS & THE SUPREME ORDEALMeanwhile, the powerful investor Carl Van Loon brings Eddie to work in his team in a merging operation. But Eddie is chased by a stranger and pressed by Gennady that want the NZT, threatening his life.

ARCHETYPES APPEARING IN THE HERO’S JOURNEY

THRESHOLD GUARDIANS: jealous enemies CARL VAN LOON

REWARD AND THE JOURNEY HOME

MASTER OF TWO WORLDS/ RESTORING THE WORLD

REAL WORLD

MY STORY

QUESTION

Who of us would like to become a perfect

version of ourselves?