Vogler pg. 107-125

Summary
This section of Vogler's text talks about the following two stages of the journey: The Refusal to Call and the encounter with the Mentor. The refusal to call consists on the decision that the hero must make when the call to adventure appears. He has the option to go for the adventure or has the option to decline it. And this part of Vogler's text deals with the second option. That psychological state of mind that makes the hero think it twice before engaging in the adventure.
The second section explains the role of the Mentor. The mentor represents that figure that provides the motivation to the hero to make the correct decision. It is the person that makes him realize his/her compromise with the cause and how must or must not decline the call to adventure.

Reaction
I think these are two very important sections for the structure of a story. The refusal to call I think is present in every hero's mind. Every human being has fears and the heroes become heroes because of they way they comfront those fears on their minds. So, I think the refusal to call is always an option for the hero when they have to decide about their future. However, many times the responsibility they have with the cause provides them with the motivation to comfront that fear and go along with the adventure. Consequently, I think the mentor is that person in charged of making the hero aware of his important role. This motivates the hero to go forward and follow his mentor's advices. Also, the mentor may be the one who provides the character with guidance or the key information that the hero must need for his journey.

Reflection
I thought this was a very interesting section, considering the connections that we can make to our daily "adventures." Always when we are to make an important decision, we consider either going the hard way and possibly achieving greater results, or going the easy way and don't have a heroic outcome. It is they way our rationality deals with the trade off between risk and returns . And the interesting part about the second section is that we are always guided by someone in every stage of our lives. When we are children, our parents are there to mentor us through our first stage of life. When we are in school we have our teachers. When we are to explore some unknown field, we look for guidance on people who are experts on that certain field. So, it makes sense that the hero looks for this motivation or guidance in someone who probably has more experience and is more knowledgeable, in order to have the confidence to go along with his journey.

Questions
What tends to be usually the motivation of the character to refuse the call to adventure?
What are the common ways in which the mentor is represented?
What are some examples of films or stories that we can think of that represent both of these sections?