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Act 1 Ordinary World – Tony’s Ordinary world consisted of him trying to make green energy with his Arc reactor, while trying to make the world a better place by being Iron Man. Tony Stark lives in the home he built in New York called Stark tower, His hero’s journey starts and ends here. He’s in a relationship with Pepper Potts. At this point of the film there’s a glimpse to what Tony’s life is like before he joins the Avengers. The call to adventure – Tony is called to adventure when S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent Phil Coulson pays him a visit to try to enlist Tony to join the new team Nick Fury had put together called the Avengers. Refusal of the call – Having already been called by Fury for the Avengers previously, Tony refuses the call, because he likes his life the way it is, Pepper however takes the information Phil was offering. Meeting the mentor Tony had already met the mentor (Nick Fury) previously. Fury helped Tony during the becoming of and being Iron man. Crossing the Threshold Tony crosses the threshold when he shows up during the battle between Captain America and the villain (Loki). By helping to capture the villain and taking him to S.H.I.E.L.D.S headquarters he has officially crossed the threshold into the special world. Act 2 Tests, Allies and Enemies Tony gets into a battle with the Norse god Thor on their first encounter, however all is resolved when Captain America appears to take control of the situation and to get them to trust each other. Tony also meets Bruce Banner (Hulk) who is also a scientist, and he gravitates toward Bruce more than the rest of the team. Approach As tony and the rest of the team try to figure out Loki’s plan they become closer, however this changes when Loki manipulates the team and Captain America discovers that S.H.I.E.L.D. has bigger plans than they initially revealed. The team falls apart and Loki is able to escape. The ordeal, Death & Rebirth Tony tries to repair the helicarrier they’re on before it crashes into the ground, therefore putting his life at risk, although he succeeds in repairing the aircraft, Bruce and Thor are gone and Agent Phil is killed by Loki, disbanding the team almost entirely. The Reward, Seizing the sword The reward in this case is that Tony was able to fix the helicarrier and keep his life. Nick Fury informs the last of the team that Agent Phil was a true believer in the Avengers initiative. This talk motivates Tony and the team, and Tony becomes truly committed to the cause.

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Act  1      Ordinary  World  –  Tony’s  Ordinary  world  consisted  of  him  trying  to  make  green  energy  with  his  Arc  reactor,  while  trying  to  make  the  world  a  better  place  by    being  Iron  Man.  Tony  Stark  lives  in  the  home  he  built  in  New  York  called  Stark  tower,  His  hero’s  journey  starts  and  ends  here.  He’s  in  a  relationship  with  Pepper  Potts.  At  this  point  of  the  film  there’s  a  glimpse  to  what  Tony’s  life  is  like  before  he  joins  the  Avengers.    The  call  to  adventure  –  Tony  is  called  to  adventure  when  S.H.I.E.L.D.  Agent  Phil  Coulson  pays  him  a  visit  to  try  to  enlist  Tony  to  join  the  new  team  Nick  Fury  had  put  together  called  the  Avengers.    Refusal  of  the  call  –  Having  already  been  called  by  Fury  for  the  Avengers  previously,  Tony  refuses  the  call,  because  he  likes  his  life  the  way  it  is,  Pepper  however  takes  the  information  Phil  was  offering.    Meeting  the  mentor-­‐  Tony  had  already  met  the  mentor  (Nick  Fury)  previously.  Fury  helped  Tony  during  the  becoming  of  and  being  Iron  man.    Crossing  the  Threshold-­‐  Tony  crosses  the  threshold  when  he  shows  up  during  the  battle  between  Captain  America  and  the  villain  (Loki).  By  helping  to  capture  the  villain  and  taking  him  to  S.H.I.E.L.D.S  headquarters  he  has  officially  crossed  the  threshold  into  the  special  world.    Act  2    Tests,  Allies  and  Enemies-­‐  Tony  gets  into  a  battle  with  the  Norse  god  Thor  on  their  first  encounter,  however  all  is  resolved  when  Captain  America  appears  to  take  control  of  the  situation  and  to  get  them  to  trust  each  other.  Tony  also  meets  Bruce  Banner  (Hulk)  who  is  also  a  scientist,  and  he  gravitates  toward  Bruce  more  than  the  rest  of  the  team.    Approach-­‐  As  tony  and  the  rest  of  the  team  try  to  figure  out  Loki’s  plan  they  become  closer,  however  this  changes  when  Loki  manipulates  the  team  and  Captain  America  discovers  that  S.H.I.E.L.D.  has  bigger  plans  than  they  initially  revealed.  The  team  falls  apart  and  Loki  is  able  to  escape.    The  ordeal,  Death  &  Rebirth-­‐  Tony  tries  to  repair  the  helicarrier  they’re  on  before  it  crashes  into  the  ground,  therefore  putting  his  life  at  risk,  although  he  succeeds  in  repairing  the  aircraft,  Bruce  and  Thor  are  gone  and  Agent  Phil  is  killed  by  Loki,  disbanding  the  team  almost  entirely.    The  Reward,  Seizing  the  sword-­‐  The  reward  in  this  case  is  that  Tony  was  able  to  fix  the  helicarrier  and  keep  his  life.  Nick  Fury  informs  the  last  of  the  team  that  Agent  Phil  was  a  true  believer  in  the  Avengers  initiative.  This  talk  motivates  Tony  and  the  team,  and  Tony  becomes  truly  committed  to  the  cause.    

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The  road  back-­‐  Tony  returns  to  Stark  tower  in  a  final  confrontation  with  Loki,  narrowly  avoids  falling  to  his  death  by  using  his  new  Iron  Man  suit,  and  begins  to  fight  the  invasion,  he  discovers  that  S.H.I.E.L.D.  decided  to  override  Nick  Fury  and  send  a  nuclear  weapon  to  Manhattan.    Act  3    Resurrection-­‐  Tony  realizes  that  he  is  the  only  one  who  is  now  able  to  save  the  day  by  taking  hold  of  the  missile  and  steering  it  into  the  portal  where  the  aliens  are  coming  from.  However  doing  this  is  a  one  way  trip  for  Tony  as  his  suit  will  malfunction  when  he  goes  through  the  portal  and  wont  be  able  to  make  it  back  through.  This  is  when  the  audience  are  able  to  see  how  much  Tony  has  changed  since  the  beginning  of  the  film.  When  the  missile  goes  off  the  blast  actually  pushes  Tony  back  through  the  portal  before  it  closes.  This  is  when  he  is  resurrected  on  a  personal  level  as  well  as  physically.      Return  with  Elixir-­‐  The  elixir  in  the  film  is  the  Avengers  reputation,  they  have  become  a  force  to  be  reckoned  with  and  are  now  a  solid  team.  Tony  is  back  to  his  ordinary  world  with  Pepper  but  has  changed  as  a  person.