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I recently read the book Sir Gawain and the Green Knight. Although the ideas and specific details were very unique, and in some places strange, the book is of the common literary archetype Joseph Campbell calls a "hero's adventure" or "journey quest." The following paragraphs contain several elements that distinguish this type of story from others. In the very beginning of the story, a call to adventure comes. A green knight comes galloping into Camelot, just as the knights and ladies are ready to begin feasting. He issues a challenge, saying that any knight may swing an axe at his neck, if in return he gets his swing. The adventure begins as the knights sit deciding what to do. At first, the knights refuse the call to adventure. None of them are sure just what the catch might be. The call is accepted though. King Arthur steps up to accept the Green Knight's offer, but as the