“Unlocking the Cosmos: How ‘Interstellar’ Redefines the Hero’s Journey in a Race Against Time”
Cooper realizes that he must take a leap of faith into Gargantua, the black hole, to secure data that could save humanity.
The Reward
The reward comes during the road back, and later when an older Murph (Jessica Chastain) gets Cooper’s message. Cooper communicates with Murph across time using Morse Code, giving her the information needed to solve the gravity equation and save humanity.
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The Road Back
The road back occurs after Cooper enters the Tesseract, a higher-dimensional space where time is a tangible dimension. Cooper manages to go back to the moment when he said goodbye to Murph when she was a child. The reward of Cooper’s mission throughout Interstellar comes on the road back.
