Girl, Stolen
Published on Nov 20, 2015
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-Call to Adventure-
The "Call to Adventure" began when Cheyenne was first kidnapped by carjackers. She was waiting in the car while her stepmother was getting her antibiotics for pneumonia, when suddenly, the car began to move. Once Cheyenne smelled the nasty smell and heard the slam of the car door, she assumed the person driving, was not her stepmother. Although, the driver did not realize there was a girl in the car until moments later, so the carjacker had to kidnap her. Also, the "Call to Adventure" can be towards the end of the book when Cheyenne had to blindly drive a car to safety. Since she is blind, she had to use her knowledge of her surroundings to meet with the police she had contacted earlier. On page 201, the author explained how Cheyenne had to rehearse what she knew about gears on a car to escape.
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-Crossing the Threshold-
The "Crossing the Threshold" began when Cheyenne went from being guided by her guide dog, Phantom, to having to escape all alone while unable to see. With her guide dog, Cheyenne was guided everywhere all the time and knew that she was very safe. Without her guide dog, she is unsure of her surroundings and the people that carjacked her stepmother's car. This meant that Cheyenne had to adjust to her surroundings while using her other senses to escape. "Duke, forward!" she said again. "Hop up!" Phantom would have known that meant she wanted to go fast, but what did Duke know? (163).
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-The Tests-
After Cheyenne became familiar with her surroundings, she had to overcome a number of tests in order to achieve her goal of escaping. This was difficult because Cheyenne had to avoid her captors and her captors' ferocious dog in order to effectively escape. Cheyenne's largest test, was when she blindly attempted to "run-away", while sick with pneumonia. This was difficult because Cheyenne had to use her other senses to guide herself around the house and forest. She was very unfamiliar with her other senses because she never had to use them in the past, so this was a difficult test for Cheyenne. On page 152, Cheyenne made the tiniest of motions in the house, during her escape, to make sure she would not wake up her captors.
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-The Helpers-
Cheyenne's helper was Griffin because he kept Cheyenne well fed, and helped her escape. Although, Griffin was also the person that stole her and the car. Griffin's Dad, Roy, was making sure to keep an eye on Cheyenne, so that she wouldn't tell the police, or anyone about the family of carjackers. Griffin felt bad that Cheyenne was being held captive because she was just a hopeless young girl unable to see, so he helped her escape. Also, Cheyenne's helper can be her guide dog because he guides her everywhere and keeps her safe and away from any danger. "Griffin's just this kid who lives at the house where I was being held, and he helped me escape. His father was the one who demanded the ransom money." Cheyenne said to the Police (194).
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-Initiation-
Cheyenne reached the "boon" when she successfully drove the rundown car to the police and met with her parents. She overcame her fear of being alone and used her four other senses to guide her to safety. This experience she went through, helped her to become more grateful and realize how much her wonderful guide dog assists her everyday.
"Just one, I will always take Phantom with me." Cheyenne said to Griffin (213).
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-Flight and Return-
Cheyenne used her new knowledge toward her four other senses to live simply, just as easily as a sighted person would. Also, Cheyenne great fully brought her helpful guide dog to as many places as possible to prevent anymore dangerous incidents that might occur. Cheyenne did not cheat her way to the "boon", so she does not run into any obstacles on her flight home. On page 212, Griffin said to Cheyenne, "Everything would have been completely different if you had your dog."
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