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Journaling: Describe an instance when you gave in to peer pressure and the outcome was positive. Then describe an instance where you gave in to peer pressure and the outcome was negative. “ Follow your bliss. ” - Joseph Campbell.
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Journaling: Describe an instance when you gave in to peer pressure and the outcome was positive. Then describe an instance where you gave in to peer pressure and the outcome was negative.
“Follow your bliss.” - Joseph Campbell
Warm-Up: Define archetype andmonomythin your own words. Then, try and identify what archetype is represented in the images below.
Analyze Bilbo Baggins from The Hobbit, using Joseph Campbell’s model of the hero’s journey
Part I: Departure
1. The World of Common Day Before the hero can set out on the adventure, the audience first needs to know where he or she is coming from.
1. The World of Common Day "In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit...This particular hobbit was a very well-to-do hobbit, and his name was Baggins. The Bagginses had lived in the neighbourhood of The Hill for time out of mind, and people considered them very respectable, not only because most of them were rich, but also because they never had any adventures or did anything unexpected..." - J.R.R. Tolkien, The Hobbit What is Bilbo’s “Common day”?
2. The Call to Adventure The hero is invited to leave a mundane life and seek adventure. He is “called” by a mentor, personal longing, or Fate
Odysseus is called to fight the Trojan War
Pinocchio wants to become a real boy.
Dorothy wants to leave Kansas.
What is Bilbo’s “Call to Adventure”?
3. The Refusal of the Call The hero has second thoughts; adventure looks too risky. Something else is needed for hero to face the unknown.
Dorothy runs back to the farm and Auntie Em. A storm is brewing.
Luke Skywalker doesn’t have time for the adventure - he has to help his Uncle Owen on the farm.
What is Bilbo’s “Refusal of Call” look like?
4. Supernatural Aid/Meeting with the Mentor The hero receives a gift/mentor to help on the journey.