The book I'm reading right now is called Kind Of A Funny Story. Its kind of depressing, but I think it is a good example of this stage in the hero's journey. This character goes through many different stages in his journey. The book is about a boy suffering from depression, because he finds stress everywhere. One of the main reasons that is making all the stress he has harboured blow up in his face is because of a summer school application he has to fill out. To him his admittance means the difference between whether or not he succeeds. If he gets into summer school he gets into a good school gets a good job, has a good house, has enough retirement money and gets a good girlfriend. He is horrified by the idea that his application might not be whathe needs to get in, because if it isnt, it all falls apart from there. Now its just a few weeks before its due, he hasn't even started, his stress over everything has him suicidal and he can't stomach food without puking. His best friend smokes pot and has the girl he wants, his parents have basically no idea how bad his depression is, and the idea of leaving his super genius sister to deal with his mess keeps him from killing himself. One night he tries to jump offof the brooklyn bridge but decides to go to the emerge instead. He is eager to leave his ordinary world and fix himslef. All he wants is to get better. Then he's admitted into the psych ward and he discovers the strange people there and realizes he doesn't want to be classified as one of them. He doesn't want to be the one with the serious depression. He tries to leave but they dont let him, so technically he is both willing, and reluctant to begin his journey.
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