The Heroine?s Journey in Zoya Pirzad's Novel, Adat mikonim; Based on the Theory of Maureen Murdock

Adat mikonim (We'll Get Used to It) by Zoya Pirzad is one of the most influential Persian contemporary novels. The key character of the novel is a woman called Arezo, who is struggling with many hardships in life. The Arezo's life follows Maureen Murdock's pattern of the heroine's journey. This ten-step pattern is as follows: Heroine separation from the feminine, identification with the masculine and gathering of allies, road or trials and meeting ogres and dragons, experiencing the boon of success, awakening to feelings of spiritual aridity/death, initiation and descent to goddess, yearning to reconnect with the feminine, healing the mother/daughter split, healing the wounded masculine within, integrating the masculine and feminine. The present article studies Zoya Pirzad's novel, Adat mikonim, based on various stages of Murdock's pattern, and shows that this pattern is suitable for analyzing novels that Athena archetype is dominant in behavior and personality of their heroines.