Reaction to a Peer Post: Matt Newman

In Matt's post on Feb 26, 2009, he speaks of how he sees that Janie never actually crosses the threshold, and instead runs away from her hero journey rather than following through with it. However, I disagree and think that Janie does in fact follow through with her Hero Journey.
In particular, Matt makes the point that Janie never actually crosses the threshold. Yet it can be seen that in Chapter 5, Janie receives the Call to Adventure, refuses it, and crosses the threshold. The Call to Adventure is quite simply Joe Starks appearing and trying to convince her to run off with him: "Every day after that they managed to meet in the scrub oaks across the road and talk about when he would be a big ruler of things with her reaping benefits"(29). This is Joe trying to convince Janie to follow him into the Special World, with Logan representing Janie's Ordinary World. In this section, Janie refuses his call (Refusal of the Call): "Janie pulled back a long time because he did not represent sun-up and pollen and blooming trees"(29). This quote states that Janie refused his entreaties for a "long time" because she did not believe the promises he made her. However, she soon gives in, and runs off with him, going on to found Eatonville.
This represents the Special World since the Ordinary world was the one that Janie's grandmother wished her to live in: in a loveless marriage with someone to protect her. Janie refuses to restrict herself so and runs off into a relationship she feels will elicit true love because she has realized that marriage alone does not create love. This is the Special World of breaking free of societal expectations and following one's heart.
In spite of this, I still agree with Matt when he says that "Janie does not have a traditional mentor". Janie's grandmother, the most obvious choice, does not qualify for the Hero Journey mentor since she does not teach her about the Special World. To the contrary, she teaches her to be submissive and to marry the first man who can offer her protection, regardless of true love. This is the traditional marriage, and so obviously cannot pertain to the Special World. I do not think this Hero Journey mentor figure exists at all, since between the Refusal of the Call and Crossing the Threshold she met no new people. She only chose to cross the threshold after telling Logan her real feelings, and Logan is one who wants to keep her in the Ordinary world.