Wendy also receives a medallion which she is to wear at all times since it protects her from the evil spirit which is after her soul. She knew nothing about being a warrior but Shen offered to train her in kung fu and meditation which would not only mold her into a powerful warrior but also help her in school work. Apart from her duty to save humanity, another main reason why Wendy accepted her call to adventure is the fact the Shen assured her that he would help her. Moreover, another feature evident in the separation stage of heroic initiation is supernatural aid. Wendy needs really needs supernatuaral aid coz she'sįighting not just one evil-possed person but a whole army!! So her separation stage entails having a secret life (she does not inform her friends and family about her adventure only her grandmother knows and she does her training at the park and not at home) as well as separating herself from her former lifestyle (for example, she chooses to sit by herself and meditate instead of having lunch with her friends or watching television with her family). She still lives in her parents’ house and goes to the same high school after she accepts the call.
WENDY WU HOMECOMING WARRIOR SOUNDTRACK MOVIE
However, a major difference between the separation stage in the movie and that of The Odyssey is the fact that Odysseus becomes physically separated from his loved ones and his land after he accepts the call to adventure (he journeys through the sea to different places) while Wendy does not move away from her family. This aspect is similar to Odysseus’ call to adventure in The Odyssey in that, though he did not want to leave behind his mother, wife and new born son, he felt that it was his duty to leave with his men to fight against Troy. But Wendy finally accepts the call to adventure after she learnt what the consequence of her refusal would be (various disasters falling upon the earth). According to lecture she is acting like a “whinner kid” since she is doubting her qualifications for the task she is called to achieve which is one of the characteristics of the first stage in heroic initiation. She knew this to be true but she made up excuses demonstrating a l ack of confidence in her identity and calling. Finally Shen pointed out that she had skills that she could not explain. She kept receiving the call since Shen would not give up but she would turn him down each time. To begin with, Wendy receives her first call to adventure when Shen the Chinese monk appears at her door and tells her real identity and destiny but she refuses it. This paper will demonstrate that in the movie, Wendy Wu undergoes the different stages of heroic initiation because it shows her call to adventure, refusal, supernatural aid, crossing the first threshold, road of trials, temptress figure, her ultimate boon and her return to normality but it does not totally conform to the mythological paradigm since she does not go through atonement with her father nor apothiosis (no one in the film becomes a god). However, a mysterious young Chinese monk named Shen appears and he insists that Wendy is the reincarnation of an ancient powerful female warrior and the only person who can defeat Yao Lo, an evil spirit, and prevent him from destroying the world. In the movie, “ Wendy Wu: The Homecoming Warrior”, Wendy is a high school student and her main focus of the year is becoming the homecoming queen.