refusing the call

I feel that the character, alex is not sure and nervous about leaving canada and going to japan. so he is a the step "refusing the call". It says when the hero is at this part of the journey he/she will normally refuse it because of fear, sense of duty , insecurity, etc. it mentions in the book that he is a very responsible boy and he does not want to leave because he might not be able to catch up and therfoth not be allowed to graduate. i feel he is refusing the call because of a sense of duty. how i relate to him is that i guess in a way i wanted to refuse the call like him when i had to leave middle school and enter high school. i had the same reason as him " sense of duty" but that wasn't holding me back it was what was pushing me forward towards high school. i felt that i had to go to highschool even though i was scared because i wanted to reach my goals in life and be successful and those things come to you if you enter high school. i chose this picture because at first i didn't want to go an the "call of adventure" and then i wants sure but finally i was ready.