The refusal of the call...
In the book "Zach's lie" that I previously read (I'm sick of blogging about my current book) his call to adventure is more of a force to adventure (making his refusal of call pointless). Jack's (the main character, also Zach) dad was a drug smuggler and is in jail. Jack doesn't know this and gets forced into the witness protection program. Jack's ordinary world is in absorbed in his social awkwardness "I have never really been good at making friends" (Smith,p.20). Zach can be described as an introvert. He's good at talking to large groups of people but he's awkward in small groups. It's completely understandable why he doesn't WANT to. In the journey archetypes we've been reading the hero usually has the option. However, in the archetypal journey's we've been reading if the hero doesn't go on said journey than there is going to be severe consequences (e.g. Minotaur's continued reign over Athens). So he doesn't have a choice. It shouldn't be called a "refusal of call" but a "reluctance of call" because he really has no choice.
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