Christopher Booker is a scholar who wrote that every story falls into one of seven basic plot structures: Overcoming the Monster, Rags to Riches, the Quest, Voyage and Return, Comedy, Tragedy, and Rebirth. Shmoop explores which of these structures fits this story like Cinderella’s slipper.
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All of Them
Normally we'd break this down according to one of the handy-dandy plot devices provided by Mr. Booker.
But the thing is, all of them come from the same place: this very book.
If you squint a little, you can place every type of story squarely within the realm of Campbell, with a few tics and tweaks here and there, but definitely patterns on the same thing. This is the book that showed Booker how to put down those seven plot types. Campbell was the guy who handed him the map. (Source)
Seriously, it's kind of a big deal. And by "kind of," we mean "mind-blowingly."