I choose to compare Doug from the Blue Diamond to Luke from Star Wars because i feel the both see a lot of the parts of the heroes path.  They both encounter different hero journeys but I think that they would both be considered heroes.  Luke's journey consists of fighting in battles and Doug's journey is all about him trying to convince his best friend not to commit suicide.  As you can see these are to totally different paths which result in the Hero having to face these challenges differently.  This demonstrates my point that Luke and Doug encounter different paths but they are both Heroes.  Another point i have is.  Unlike Luke Doug has no mentor or guide in his journey to help him succeed.  You don't always need a guide to succeed.  Luke's guide is Obi-Wan and Obi helps Luke to succeed on his mission. But Doug has no mentor or guide he has no help no Hero partners or anything and he also comes in to his mission completely blind not even knowing what he is up against.  This represents my point that you don't always need a guide or mentor to succeed on your mission and that you can do anything if you put your mind to it.  A guide is very helpful though.  A point i have that contrasts the two Heros is that the both get into dangerous situations to save people.  Luke has to fight several battles to save the princess and the Jedis.  Doug has to drive all the way to Las Vegas and when they are there a guy sells them a diamond and he could have killed Quinn and Doug.  I am saying that Heroes are usually very brave like Doug and Luke.  If they lack courage then I feel they wouldn't be successful.  In conclusion Luke and Doug are both Heroes but they have very different Hero journeys.  Luke had a mentor and he had a couple Hero partners and Doug had to take on the challenge by himself without any Hero partners or mentors.  Luke and Doug both got into dangerous situations to save there friends.  These are all elments of the Heroes journy and it shows that Luke and Doug encountered many of these tasks.

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