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A Hero’s Journey

A Hero’s Journey. What constitutes a journey? What are the stages of a journey?. The Pattern of Human Experience. Review heroic traits and journeys as discussed Friday. (See your summaries) Free Write: What is a journey you’ve been on?

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A Hero’s Journey

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  1. A Hero’s 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 you’ve 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.

  4. 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?

  5. Section Two: steps 3-7 • Initiation and Transformation • The Challenges • The Abyss • The Transformation • The Revelation • The Atonement

  6. 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)

  7. 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.

  8. Section Three: step 8 • The Return (to the known world, but with a new…) • The Return (with a gift)

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