A mapping of the Monomyth that is Winter’s Bone.
1. Le World of Common Day: So we have this girl, Ree, (Le Hero) who is poor and lives in the very cold winter wonderland that is the Ozark Mountains with her two brothers and insane mother. Her father sells meth (a wanna be Heisenberg) and so does nearly everyone else in her town.
2. Le Call to Adventure: Well turns out that Ree’s papa, Jessup, was arrested (for I think you can guess what). Jessup apparently put the house and Ree’s land for bond, and is now missing.
3. Le Refusal of the Call: Honestly, I don’t know what goes here considering Ree wasn’t really hesitant to go find her Dad, but since the monomyth is very general I will say that her “refusal” is that Ree has a desire to be in the military instead of becoming the next Jesse Pinkman.
4.Le Meeting With the Mentor: Ree meets her uncle Teardrop, who is very wise and warns Ree to not go poking about in the dangerous world of the meth dealing Ozarks. (Better sit down before you get laid down he says) But he still ends up helping her, more on that later.
5.Le Crossing the Threshold: Ree travels to Hawkfall (the darkside of the force) where the big bad boss of the meth world Thump MIlton and kin live
6. Le Tests Allies and Enemies: In short Ree discovers her enemies, pretty much anyone with the last name milton, and her allies Gail and her Uncle. Ree’s will and cunningness needed to find her father are tested by Blonde Milton who tries to convince Ree that her father died in a meth lab explosion (no0bs). Ree sees through Blonde’s trickery and is more determined than before to find Jessup.
7. Le Approach to the Inmost Cave: A little out of sync with the story here, but since the monomyth is so general the corresponding part of the novel to the inmost cave would be when Ree goes to Thump Milton’s house: very dangerous since the Milton’s don’t like the Dolly’s and Thump in addition is a (wanna be Gus) drug lord.
8.Le Supreme Ordeal: This is where Ree gets laid down by the Thump Sisters since she wouldn’t sit down. (She get’s beat up is what that means)
9. Le Reward – Seizing the Prize: Ree is able to locate her Dad’s remains (like honestly you could see that one coming) and must remove his hands to prove he is dead so she can save the house and her land.
10. Le Road Back: Well once again I feel this is out of order and I would say this part would be Ree’s recovery after getting the biggest smackdown of her life (Good thing its winter, cold helps with the swelling)
11 Le Threshold Crossing: This would be when Ree gives her Dad’s hands to Baskin (Le Cop) to prove that her father is dead.
12. Le Return With the Elixir: Jessup’s hands are enough to prove his death (like how could they not) so she can keep the house. In addition she receives money from the bond as well (supposedly from her dad’s killer, I heard). And hopefully, Ree and her kin live happily ever after.
Le End…. (Praise Le Rap God)
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