Today:

1. Today: • No Journal Prompt • Resume your groups from Monday/Tuesday • Grab your supplies and finish your poster as a group • Individually, write the 1 paragraph reflection

2. Rewrites • Highlight any changes you have made to the essay. I will only grade what you have highlighted • Staple your new copy to the old one with rubric and my comments • Turn in to the manila folder at the front

3. Three main categories

4. Departure • TheCall • Hero receives a call to go on an adventure and often initially refuses • Luke Skywalker meets Obi Wan but doesn’t get that he is also a Jedi • Harry Potter receives the letter that says he is a wizard and doesn’t believe it at first • Something happens that forces the character to accept the call • Luke Skywalker’s aunt and uncle are killed, forcing him to go with Obi Wan • For Harry, Hagrid shows up on his 11th birthday to take him to Hogwarts • Crossing the Threshold • Moving from the known to the unknown • Luke Skywalker goes with Obi Wan to the bar with all the strange creatures • Harry Potter leaves the muggle world to go to Hogwarts • Threshold guardians (obstacles) • Storm Troopers • Fluffy, Draco, etc. • Mentors and helpers • Obi Wan, R2D2, C3PO for Luke • Dumbledore, Hagrid, Ron, Hermione, etc. for Harry

5. Initiation and Transformation • The Challenges and Trials • progressing in difficulty • Tempters/tricksters make things tough • Descent into Darkness-actual or metaphorical Hell • The biggest challenge-must be faced alone, the hero has to go on without helpers or mentor • Obi Wan dies and Luke has to destroy the death star alone • Harry faces Voldemort by himself (multiple times in the series) • Death and rebirth-spiritual or actual • Luke has a spiritual rebirth. He finds the force. • Harry dies then comes back to life. • Revelation and Reconciliation • Facing fear and flaw • A new self or sense of self • Reconciles with others in life • Luke finds the force, starts to believe he’s a Jedi, finds out who is father is • Harry accepts his role in the prophecy and faces his fear of death but also realizes he has a choice in his destiny

6. The Return • Goal has been met (or not) • Deathstar destroyed • Voldemort defeated (again and again) • return (with a Gift, the reward) to assume new role in life • Luke gains the force, wins rebel award • Griffindor wins house cup, Harry gets the girl and life • Saves or contributes to society • Luke joins the rebel forces • Harry returns to the world of the living and goes on to have a family

7. Epic Hero Defined Harry Potter Example Unusual birth Some strength Have mentor or guide Often a mystical force Flawed Physically or emotionally or both Mother sacrificed herself for him to live Wizard Dumbledore Physical connection to Voldemort, emotional need (to a level of compulsion) to find a family General

8. Analyze the hero’s journey • Give at least 2 examples (from notes of the text of specific parts of his departure (Call, refusal, crossing the threshold) • Give at least 3 examples of Initiation and Transformation (Challenge and Trials< Descent) • Give at least 2 examples of the return • When using the text, use line numbers

9. Individual Reflection • How is Odysseus an epic hero? Write a 1 paragraph reflection describing how Odysseus is an epic hero. Which parts of his story follow the Hero’s Journey? Which aspects of his character fit the definition of an epic hero?