In 1949, Joseph Campbell described a pattern known as The Hero's Journey or The Monomyth of many narrative stories around the world in his book The Hero with a Thousand Faces. Image above explains how a hero in a story starts in an somewhat ordinary world and then proceed to begin his adventure after being approached. In Batman for example, the main character Bruce Wayne was used to be a boy from a very wealthy family until one night, both his parents were killed in front of his eyes which represents the "call to adventure" stage of the story. In addition, Batman Begins shows how Bruce Wayne gain his combat ability which represents the "meeting the mentor" stage. Unfortunately, Kick-Ass falls into this category as well. Despite having some deconstructivism elements in the beginning of the movie, the pattern of the Hero's Journey can be clearly seen as the story goes.
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