The Challenge of the The Challenge of the Hero’s JourneyHero’s Journey

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Activating Prior Activating Prior KnowledgeKnowledge

In your groups, share your current In your groups, share your current definitions of heroes. Emphasize definitions of heroes. Emphasize challenges, attitudes, and responses challenges, attitudes, and responses to challenge.to challenge.

Terms to KnowTerms to Know

StereotypeStereotype – a fixed, oversimplified – a fixed, oversimplified image of a person, group, or idea; image of a person, group, or idea; something conforming to that image.something conforming to that image.

Is there a stereotypical hero?Is there a stereotypical hero?

Terms to KnowTerms to Know ArchetypeArchetype – a character, symbol, story – a character, symbol, story

pattern, or other element that is common pattern, or other element that is common to human experience across cultures.to human experience across cultures.

Archetypes occur frequently in literature, Archetypes occur frequently in literature, and especially in myth and folklore. and especially in myth and folklore.

Common examples – the underdog, the Common examples – the underdog, the hero, helping animalshero, helping animals

Examples of story settings using Examples of story settings using archetypes – gardens, forests, riversarchetypes – gardens, forests, rivers

Stereotype Archetype

Compare and Contrast Compare and Contrast IdeasIdeas

The Hero’s JourneyThe Hero’s Journey

A journey is one way of discovering A journey is one way of discovering oneself. The journey may be literally oneself. The journey may be literally moving from place to place, or it may be moving from place to place, or it may be an internal journey of self-discovery.an internal journey of self-discovery.

What novels or films do you know in What novels or films do you know in which the hero goes on adventures and which the hero goes on adventures and either purposely or accidentally either purposely or accidentally discovers his or her true self by discovers his or her true self by undergoing challenges?undergoing challenges?

Think AloudThink Aloud

In a circle map, list the types of In a circle map, list the types of challenges that might occur in a challenges that might occur in a hero’s journeyhero’s journey

The Hero’s JourneyThe Hero’s JourneyAccording to Joseph CampbellAccording to Joseph Campbell

Make sure you use the organizational Make sure you use the organizational labels of the hero’s journey correctly.labels of the hero’s journey correctly.

There are three There are three stagesstages – departure, – departure, initiation, returninitiation, return

There are three or four There are three or four stepssteps within each within each stage.stage.

When working through the Hero’s When working through the Hero’s Journey archetype, not all steps must be Journey archetype, not all steps must be present in a text. In fact, there can be present in a text. In fact, there can be multiple hero’s journeys within one body multiple hero’s journeys within one body of work.of work.

ParaphrasingParaphrasing

In groups, paraphrase the In groups, paraphrase the explanation of each stage in the explanation of each stage in the middle column.middle column.

Notes/ExamplesNotes/ExamplesStage 1: DepartureStage 1: Departure

The Call to AdventureThe Call to Adventure – Bruce Wayne’s – Bruce Wayne’s parents are murdered when he is a young parents are murdered when he is a young boy. Soon after, he falls into a well with boy. Soon after, he falls into a well with thousands of bats and is filled with fear.thousands of bats and is filled with fear.

Refusal of the CallRefusal of the Call – Instead of following in – Instead of following in his parent’s footsteps and seeking positive his parent’s footsteps and seeking positive solutions to the problems of Gotham City, he solutions to the problems of Gotham City, he disappears and ends up in a foreign prison.disappears and ends up in a foreign prison.

The Beginning of the AdventureThe Beginning of the Adventure – After – After leaving prison, Bruce Wayne is invited to the leaving prison, Bruce Wayne is invited to the top of the mountain to find what he is looking top of the mountain to find what he is looking for.for.

Notes/ExamplesNotes/ExamplesStage 2: InitiationStage 2: Initiation

The Road of TrialsThe Road of Trials – After being – After being trained as a ninja, Bruce Wayne must trained as a ninja, Bruce Wayne must face his fear of bats as well as of death.face his fear of bats as well as of death.

The Experience with Unconditional The Experience with Unconditional LoveLove – Bruce Wayne remembers and is – Bruce Wayne remembers and is inspired by the love of his parents as inspired by the love of his parents as well as the values they stood for.well as the values they stood for.

The Ultimate BoonThe Ultimate Boon – Batman defeats – Batman defeats the Leagues of Shadows and saves the Leagues of Shadows and saves Gotham City.Gotham City.

Notes/ExamplesNotes/ExamplesStage 3: ReturnStage 3: Return

Refusal of the ReturnRefusal of the Return – Bruce Wayne must – Bruce Wayne must decide if he should rebuild his burned home and decide if he should rebuild his burned home and his life in Gotham City, living as Bruce Wayne his life in Gotham City, living as Bruce Wayne and Batman.and Batman.

The Magic FlightThe Magic Flight – After defeating the League – After defeating the League of Shadows, Batman decides he must dedicate of Shadows, Batman decides he must dedicate his life to Gotham City, fighting crime and his life to Gotham City, fighting crime and returning orderreturning order

Rescue from WithoutRescue from Without – Alfred serves as Bruce – Alfred serves as Bruce Wayne’s mentor and guide as he struggles to do Wayne’s mentor and guide as he struggles to do what is right.what is right.

The Crossing, or Return ThresholdThe Crossing, or Return Threshold – Bruce – Bruce Wayne learns that he must always face his fears. Wayne learns that he must always face his fears. Even though the situation in the city is bleak, it Even though the situation in the city is bleak, it is not without hope. He must make personal is not without hope. He must make personal sacrifices to give hope to the people.sacrifices to give hope to the people.

Expanding Your Expanding Your ResponseResponse

Look back at your response to the Look back at your response to the essential question: What defines a essential question: What defines a hero?hero?

Expand your response by Expand your response by considering the strategies of considering the strategies of definition (function, example, definition (function, example, negation) as you consider the steps negation) as you consider the steps of the hero’s journey archetype. of the hero’s journey archetype.