Sindbad the Sailor's self reflection is his seventh voyage serves as his act of repentance against his constant urge to embark on travel and eventually life threatening perils and dangers. This realisation directly stems from the fact that he always has a highly unlikely and narrow escape from death. His desire and urge for travel is never satisfied. The instances given then show two contrasting sides to his desire. His recital of the poem in voyage 6 is a representation of his survival instinct which does not change him and instead influences him further towards his travel. His repentance in his seventh voyage however, is his desperate attempt to bargain for his life with the Almighty. He is devoid of hope, and hence makes his promise to "never embark on travel again." This strong contrast between the two sides of his desire makes him the common man Hero of his story. "The Seven Voyages of Sindbad the Sailor" is an oral folk take from the Middle East dating back to the ninth to tenth centuries. It was later compiled, written and translated as a part of "One Thousand and One Arabian Nights" during the eighteenth century. The text begins with Sindbad the Porter's initial view of the protagonist Sindbad the Sailor as a rich merchant who had received all he had demanded from God's will which leads the Porter to calling the Almighty unjust and cruel. However, Sindbad the Sailor's stories later tell the readers of the hardships Sindbad the Sailor had to suffer in order to accumulate his riches. The stories convey several perils and life threatening dangers along with themes of luck and talent leaving Sindbad the Sailor's listeners in awe. From a broader perspective, this text also shows the transition of the definition of heroes from strong God-like mythological legends to commonplace and rather individualistic ones. This idea of commonplace Heroes is also illustrated in Joseph Campbell's "The Hero of a Thousand Faces" which infers the common journey of all Heroes and further extends it to fit the common man. Joseph Campbell's theory talks about the Hero's journey from the "Known" to the "Unknown," where the supposed Hero embarks on an adventure, faces several hardships until hitting rock bottom cal