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STEP #1: Ordinary World

STEP #2: The CALL TO ADVENTURE

STEP #3: REFUSAL OF THE CALL

STEP #4: MEETING THE MENTOR

STEP #5: CROSSES THE THRESHOLD

STEP #6: TESTS, ALLIES, & ENEMYS

Lion King: Simba’s first challenge is to return to Pride Rock. He is afraid. Afraid of the memories

that surround that place. But he knows what’s best and his companions and friends are with him the whole way. Timon, Nala,

and Pumba help to encourage him forward.

STEP #7: THE APPROACH

Ender’s Game: Ender is on the stimulators day and night. He doesn’t know that he is fighting real battles, he just thinks it’s practice. Controlling them 24/7, Ender is on the verge of collapse but something pushes him forward as he prepares for the final war.

Lion King: Simba mentally prepares

to fight his newfound enemy Scar as he swiftly approaches Pride Rock. Things run through his head,

over and over, reminding him of why he is going to fight this battle.

And as he arrives at his destination, his fire is rekindled by the sight of all the

bad things that have happened to

his home.

STEP #8: THE ORDEAL

Ender’s Game: Ender has the final war against the Buggers. Everyone says that this is just his final exam to see if he passes Command School, but really he is fighting a real life battle.

Lion King: Simba has his fight with the hyenas. In order to get to scar, he must fight of his guardians, so he poses a duel with the hyenas. It is hard, but between him and his friends, he manages to defeat them.

STEP #9: THE REWARD

Ender’s Game: Ender wins the war….

Lion King: Simba is granted access to Scar.

STEP #10: THE RESURRECTION

Ender’s Game: He is brought back to the mind game. Only this time, it’s real. Everything. The wolf-children,

the giant and his elixir, and the castle beyond the edge of the world.

Lion King: Simba must perform another fight. This time…it’s against Scar. He battles him in the rain and fire until finally he wins and sends

Scar to a painful death in the jaws of the hyenas.

STEP #11: THE ROAD BACK

Ender’s Game: Ender

wants to deliver the baby queen

to a safe planet where

she will be safe. Far

away from the humans who want to

kill them.

Lion King: Simba must

restore the Pride

Lands back to their original state in order to complete

his victory. He wants to be the King to

save the Kingdom.

STEP #12: RETURN THE ELIXIR

Ender’s Game: Ender finds a home for the bugger queen and lives his life in peace.

Lion’s King: The Pride Lands are restored, and Simba

rules the kingdom justly. He even has a cub of his own