Christopher Vogler The Writers Journey
move on the part of the hero. W h e n the Call is a temptation to evil or a summons
to disaster, the hero is smart to say no. T h e T h r e e Little Pigs wisely refused to
open the door to the Big Bad W o l f ' s powerful arguments. In Death Becomes Her,
Bruce W i l l i s ' character receives several powerful Calls to drink a magic potion of im
mortality. Despite an alluring sales pitch by Isabella Rossellini, he Refuses the Call
and saves his own soul.
ARTIST A S HERO
Another special case in which Refusal of the Call can be positive is that of the artist
as hero. W e writers, poets, painters, and musicians face difficult, contradictory Calls.
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