Moving Day

Moving to a new place can be hard, but it's also a necessary turning point in someone's life, from settling in another home or immigrating to another country. This can happen to the hero/heroine for these reasons: Moving day oftentimes sets the hero's journey in motion. Usually it starts out being stressful, but as the hero/heroine progresses in the story, he/she is finally able to adjust to his/her new home.
 * Being evacuated to a safe place
 * Starting a new life
 * The hero/heroine's parents are divorced
 * The hero/heroine makes his/her decision to move on (or the relatives can do just that)
 * Escaping war, prejudice and other overwhelming circumstances

Noteworthy Examples

 * Fievel Mousekewitz and his family move to America after their homeland is attacked by the Cossacks.
 * Riley Andersen and her parents move to San Francisco from Minnesota, setting her journey of discovery in motion.
 * Peter, Susan, Edmund and Lucy Pevensie are evacuated to the countryside during World War II, leading to their adventure in Narnia.
 * Coraline Jones and her family move to a new home, leading to her discovery of the Other World.
 * Jared, Simon and Mallory Grace move with their mother to their great-uncle Arthur Spiderwick's estate, which leads to Jared's discovery of the enchanted field guide.
 * Daniel LaRusso moves to a new house with his mother.

Quotes
"(In Hamburg, Germany, a Bavarian band is playing as mouse immigrants climb a thick anchor rope to walk onto a ship bound for America. Fievel and his family are with them. Curious, he tugs on his papa's tail and the immigrants behind him collapse. The music stops.) Look, Papa! Water! Is it the ocean? (Papa Mousekewitz: Yes. Keep walking.) (The band starts again; an old rat nudges Fievel with his cane and he resumes walking up the rope with his family. Our hero stops and the immigrants fall down again.) Look, Papa! Smoke! Is the boat on fire? (Papa Mousekewitz: No, no, keep walking!) (The music resumes and the rat prods Fievel, who stops for the third time; the immigrants stumble. He hangs on a thread.) Look, Papa! Birds! Are they seagulls? (Seagulls, encouraging Fievel: Keep walking!) (Papa Mousekewitz, sternly: Keep walking!) (Immigrants: Keep walking!) (The band continues to play and the Mousekewitz family begins climbing into the boat.) I just want to see. (Papa Mousekewitz: Fievel, this is the last time I take you to America.) (Fievel waves to Germany.) Bye-bye! (Off they go.)"

- Fievel Mousekewitz moving to America with his family to escape the Cossack raids.

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