The Hero's Journey

"Crossing the Threshold" is when the hero:

• Jumps a fence
• Leaves the known world
• recommits to the journey ahead 
• Goes to sleep

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Often when the call is given, the future hero refuses to heed it. This may be from a sense of duty or obligation, fear, insecurity, a sense of inadequacy, or any of a range of reasons that work to hold the person in his or her current circumstances. 

• Crossing the Threshold 
• Supernatural Aid
• The Call to Adventure
• Refusal of the Call

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This is person is the main character-and has to change and complete their goal.

• Shadow
• Initiate/Hero
• Sidekick
• Mentor

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This person serves as a guide by sharing his/her wisdom, teaching, and training the Initiate/Hero.

• Hero
• Mentor
• Trickster
• Shadow

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Where is the Hero's Journey found today? 

• In movies
• In stories
• In everyday life 
• All of the above 

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At this stage, the initiate is "at one" with him/herself and becomes a hero.

• Call
• Abyss
• Atonement
• Return

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Who is the "mastermind" behind the hero's journey (he wrote a book about it)?

• Joseph Campbell
• George Lucas
• Donald Trump
• Bernie Sanders

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This amulet or object adds a magical element to the hero's journey.

• lucky charm
• mentor
• threshold guardian
• talisman

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This stage represents "the belly of the whale" or the low-point of the journey. Here, the initiate faces his/her greatest fear and sometimes has a near-death experience.

• abyss
• atonement
• threshold
• challenges & temptations

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After crossing the threshold, the initiate faces __________________ in the unknown world.

• enemies
• challenges & temptations
• friends
• monsters

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