'Monomyths' as referred to by Joseph Campbell include the famous Harry Potter and Star Wars, as mentioned in the package provided. Ideally, a comparative analysis similar to that on the seventeenth page of the package would be made using The Godfather; unfortunately, certain points of the storyline of The Godfather are slightly different in comparison to those of Harry Potter and Star Wars, such as how no orphan in The Godfather is to become the main focus of the story. Comparing Harry Potter and Luke Skywalker to the orphan in The Godfather, Tom Hagen, is definitely not appropriate; Michael Corleone is the character to be compared, as he―I have concluded from what was seen of the movie so far―is the true hero of The Godfather.
Having only watched less than an hour of the film, the majority of the plot and the hero's journey is still uncertain. Although so, one of the reasons which suggest Michael's heroism is the obvious difference and separation between himself and others; Michael is "special" and "one of a kind" (Campbell 2). Examples of this could be seen during the wedding, when Michael―wearing an army uniform―arrives with Kay Adams―also dressed like no other―late to a party of thousands of Italian-American friends and relatives. Later, Michael further separates himself through explaining to Kay of his family business and how it is "[his] family, not [him]" who is involved. I understand this as the "Refusal of the Call" described by Campbell. Simply stating, Michael's denial of affiliations with the mafia is the result of his reluctancy to step deeper into the world of mafia.
Through the depiction of a story from the Corleones' perspective is certainly to an extent the glorification of the mafia in general. However, this means the hero of the story must be one who further improves or promotes the mafia in a way or another; this is the exact opposite of what is usually viewed by the general public. Eventually, Michael replaces Vito Corleone as the head of the Corleone family, it is easily predictable. How Michael is "called to [the] adventure"―though usually chronologically before the refusal―is through the attempted assassination of his father and leader of the Corleone family, Don Vito Corleone (Campbell 2). Evil to the point abandoning his father Michael is not, as he rushes to his father in the hospital and resolves to protect and serve―to be a Corleone.
Realising the intentions behind a given resource is sometimes a hint to answering questions asked.
On the front cover of the package, for example, is he: quite obviously the hero of The Godfather.
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