Archetypes: The Hidden Hero in Michael Corleone

     I characterized Michael Corleone as an outsider to his family in one of my previous posts but after watching further into the movie there were many pieces of evidence that shows that he is really becoming part of the Corleone family and their business. It is starting to show that Michael is the real hero in The Godfather. So far, after his father almost died, he came to take care of the father and promised to be with him. When the Godfather says "You spend time with your family?" and "Good. 'Cause a man who doesn't spend time with his family can never be a real man." to Jonny Fontantane, he is probably taking about Michael and how he is not a hero because he does not spend time with his family. "Just lie here, Pop. I'll take care of you now. I'm with you now. I'm with you... "When Michael told his dad that he was going to join his dad, a smile appeared on the Godfather's face.
     Michael follows the stages of a hero's journey, at least so far in the movie more than the Godfather. He has just passed the steps and stages of the beginning of a hero's journey. Michael has past the first stage and has also passed the second stage of the hero's journey. He is on to either the third stage or almost on to  the fourth stage of the hero's journey. He was reluctant to accept the job of working with his family and being involved in the mafia buisness. He is not inexperienced in the mafia business; however, he knows what to do in many situations to solve the problems better than Sonny does. When his father almost died and was in the hospital, with no guards there to protect him, Michael knew what to do and did not panic. When he called Sonny to let him know about this, Sonny told him not to worry and he said he would not and then hung up on the phone. Michael is feeling that the family, or at least his brother looks down on him and his ability to cope with the family business. He has entered the second stage of the hero's journey which is to go into a new world gaining a different perspective. He is starting to realize that his family is more important than Kay and that the mafia business needs him. The third stage is when Michael agrees to go kill the cop that slapped him across the face and that was bribed by Sollozzo. The fourth stage has not happened yet but is going to happen later in the movie. This is when, Michael kills the cop and Sollozzo. Stage four of the hero's journey is about going to a place that yo have never been to before and the hero is reborn some way (physically, emotionally, spiritually).
       Archetypes that I have noticed throughout the movie that are likely to represent Michael's journey of being a hero are the journey, the initiation, the ritual, young man from the provinces, the initiates, the quest and the magic weapon. I am not sure if these will all be implied further than they are portrayed now in the future of Michael's journey.
       The initiation, is portrayed through the scenario from the start of the movie when Michael is an outsider to the family because of what he wore, Kay, his ways of doing things etc. to the part where he steps up in the family by joining his family and their business. After his dad almost died, he regained new strength and dreams. The ritual is shown throughout the movie, the string of events that have happened to his family (the wedding, the business, his almost dead father etc.) Kay (how she makes him different) may all contribute to his entering into the family's business. Young man from the provinces is shown when he joins the family business and when the audience finds out that he is somewhat portrayed as having pass knowledge of  how to run an organized crime.  Maybe, he was born with the brain of a someone who is good at thinking of sneaking things to do and getting out of things. When he joins the family, he sees new ways of doing things and suddenly has the courage to kill the cop and Sollozzo.
       I am interested in what Michael's journey will look like in the rest of the movie. Will it still follow the Joseph Campbell's hero's journey, or will his journey turn around somewhere?