Murdock’s diagram of the heroine’s journey starts with three steps: identification with the masculine and gathering of allies, the road of trials, and finding the boon of success. Much like how we saw Siddhartha repeat a certain cycle and be reborn multiple times, Helga also seems to go through these three steps in the heroine’s journey multiple times. Her starting a new cycle is often represented as her moving to a different city. So far we have seen Helga repeat these three steps three times, when she moves to Chicago, then New York, and Denmark. Although Helga repeats these three steps, she is still progressing in her journey and can be seen moving forward with other steps while simultaneously repeating the first three. The first step in the heroine’s journey is identification with the masculine and the gathering of allies. When Helga moves to a new place, she is always very excited. Although in this story I believe identification with the masculine is not always present. Instead, H