A Hero

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A Heros JourneyTransformers

• By Daniel Towey

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Departure(Separation)

• This starts the Heros Journey off with main
  points like his Ordinary World, Call to
  Adventure, Supernatural Aid, Crossing the
  Threshold, and In the Belly of the Whale which
  are all huge parts in making a Heros Journey.

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Ordinary World

• The Ordinary World is the Characters world before
  the story begins.
• Sam Whitwicky is a normal Teenage guy who just
  brought up his grades to get his first car like
  any other normal teenager. But what he doesnt
  know about the car is going to change his
  Ordinary World.

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Call to Adventure

• The hero is presented with a problem, challenge
  or adventure
• Sam gets the New Car and drives it around. But at
  night he hears it start and it drives off. Sam
  thinks its being stolen so he chases after it.

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Supernatural Aid

• Supernatural Aid is help from a mentor or an item
  that will help the character through his Journey.
• Sam has met up with his friend Mikaela which is
  one of his Supernatural Aids.
• Another one is when Sam chases down his car a
  giant machine/cop car attacks him. In response
  his New Car defends him and also turns into a
  giant machine. This machine saves Sam and Mikaela
  and become one of Sams biggest Supernatural
  Aids.

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Crossing the Threshold

• Crossing the Threshold The hero crosses the
  ordinary world and goes into the special world.
• Sam allies himself with his car which is known as
  Bumble Bee and is introduced into a group of
  alien machines named the Autobots. Meeting all
  these aliens changes Sams Ordinary World and
  things change for him. Sam then goes to fight the
  Decepticons with his new allies the Autobots.

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Initiation

• These are parts of the story that make the Hero
  or main character become a Hero or are ways of
  showing he is becoming a Hero.

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The Road of Trials

• The hero finds parts of himself he was unaware of
  and assimilates his unexpected self.
• Sam is attacked by a huge machine called a
  Decepticon and realizes he is part of a huge
  ordeal going on in the universe and that he needs
  to help set it right.
• Sam must survive several attacks from the
  Decepticons and he also has to avoid the Special
  Services who are trying to track him down.

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The Meeting with the Goddess

• The meeting with Goddess helps the Hero decide
  which route to take and what is good and bad.
• Sam is introduced to the Autobots and their
  leader Optimus Prime. Optimus informs Sam about
  the Robot war and how the Decepticons are evil.
  With this Sam decides to help the Autobots with
  their problem and Sam takes the hard path which
  is the good path.

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Meeting with the Temptress

• The hero is misled into giving up or told to give
  up.
• Sam is finally caught by the Special Services and
  is told what is going on is much bigger then him
  and he doesnt need to be part of it anymore.
  They are telling him to go away and leave it to
  them.

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Atonement with Father

• Father symbolizes judgment the hero overcomes
  fear, judgment, and mental blocks that may have
  been holding him/her back.
• Sam overcomes his fear of the Decepticons and
  doesnt do what the Special forces tell him to
  do. He wants to fight alongside the Autobots and
  isn't afraid of his enemies anymore.

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Apotheosis

• Hero recognizes the "big picture" (spiritual
  understanding can be known). The hero finally
  understands why he/she has been on his/her
  journey. The journey is not over, but the hero
  understands what it takes to return.
• Sam realizes what the Big Picture of this battle
  is and why all these Robots are on Earth. Its
  because of his relativity of his Great Grandpa.
  On his Grandpas old Glasses is an inscriptive
  code to find the Robots Treasure the All Spark
  that Sam finds out about. Sam realizes that he
  needs those glasses to save the world from the
  Decepticons and fine the All Spark before them.

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The Ultimate Boon

• The hero receives the prize that he/she has been
  after.
• Sam finds the Glasses which lead to the All
  Spark. Sam and the Autobots go to Hoover Dam
  where it is located and have a mission
  accomplished and retrieve the treasured All Spark

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Return

• These are the parts when the hero tries to get
  back to safety or his Ordinary World but as a
  changed person.

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Magic in Flight

• The hero has his reward, now he must return to
  safety. There may be forces still working against
  him/her (possibly trying to get the treasure back
  that the hero has taken). A "chase" ensues.
• Sam and the Autobots have the All Spark and are
  trying to return to safety to destroy it but the
  Decepticons are chasing them to recover the All
  Spark and use it for themselves.
• Sam and the Autobots are in a dead lock race
  against time to get away from the Decepticons.

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Rescue from Without

• The world may have to come to retrieve the hero.
• Sam is attacked by the Decepticons and Megatron
  the leader of their group. Sam faces certain
  death until the Autobots save him and the Special
  Services show up with the military to defend
  against the Decepticons.

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Crossing the Return Threshold

• The hero conquers the difficulty in returning,
  showing that he/she is able to adapt.
• Sam in order to Return to his world has to
  destroy the Decepticons somehow. He makes a
  courageous act and jumps straight toward Megatron
  and thrusts the All Spark into his chest
  obliterating the evil machine. Sam was able to
  adapt and be courageous to ensure the safety of
  himself, his friends/family, and the world

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Master of Two Worlds

• The boon that the hero brings restores the world.
  
• Sam destroys the All Spark and the Decepticons
  restoring normality and order to his world.
• Sam figured out how to destroy the evil and save
  the good.

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Freedom to Live

• The hero has changed and defeated the evil that
  opposed him and others.
• Sam has defeated all the evil threatening him and
  his world and is able to live his life
  peacefully. His journey is over and he is finally
  able to relax.