A Hero

1
A Heros Journey

• What constitutes a journey?
• What are the stages of a journey?

2
The Pattern of Human Experience

• Review heroic traits and journeys as discussed
  Friday. (See your summaries)
• Free Write What is a journey youve been on?
• We see the idea of a journey reflected
  everywhere- comedies and tragedies
• What was the end result of your journey?
• Did you undergo a change or transformation?
• Did the heroes we discussed in class last time
  also undergo a transformation, the old ways of
  thinking altered

3
What are the stages of this pattern or archetype?

• Archetype a pattern found throughout literature
• The journey a process of self-discovery
• As we discuss, think of examples from stories,
  movies, and your own life.
• Remember- although there are 8 steps, as
  individuals vary, so does the individual journey.

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Section One steps 1-2

• Separation (from the known)
• The Call (an invitation/ an opportunity to face
  the unknown and gain something of physical or
  spiritual value) Do we always willingly accept
  the call? What are some reasons we may receive
  the call?
• The Threshold (with guardians, helpers, and
  mentor) (once called to the adventure we must
  pass over the The Threshold. This is a jumping
  off point or the line crossed from the known
  world to the unknown world. What happens if we
  get to a threshold and we are unable to cross?
  Who or what has stopped us from crossing? Do we
  always initially know how to get through the
  threshold?

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Section Two steps 3-7

• Initiation and Transformation
• The Challenges
• The Abyss
• The Transformation
• The Revelation
• The Atonement

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Challenges (step 3)

• Can be both physical or psychological (as is the
  nature of a journey literal or figurative.)
• Also form of temptations
• Early challenges tend to be relatively easy. By
  meeting them successfully, we build maturity,
  skill, confidence.
• As the journey continues, the challenges escalate
  in difficulty level. This forces us to change and
  grow.
• One of our greatest tests is often to
  differentiate real helpers from TEMPTERS. (pull
  us away, use fear, doubt, or distraction, and
  pretend to be a friend/ helper)

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Into the Abyss

• The greatest challenge of the journey so great
  that we must surrender ourselves completely to
  the adventure and become one with it.
• We face our greatest fear, and we must face it
  alone.
• This is where we slay the dragon
• If we fail, unless we set off to try again, our
  life becomes a bitter shadow of what has been.

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Section Three step 8

• The Return (to the known world, but with a new)
• The Return (with a gift)