Hero's Journey

True or False: In order to be a classical hero, one must go on a journey in order to find or receive information on how to be a better person.

• True

• False

The world in which the hero is at where he/she begins is called the:

• Known World

• Unknown World

• Light World

• Star Wars World

Step 1: The hero is identified and the world around him/her is described, so we know where and how the hero starts.

• Meeting the Mentor

• Reward

• Crossing the Threshold

• Ordinary World

Step Two: The story gets rolling by disrupting the comfort of the Hero's Ordinary World, presenting a challenge or quest that must be undertaken.

• Meeting the Mentor

• Refusal of the Call

• Call to Action/Adventure

• Crossing the Threshold

Step 3: A hero decides against going on the journey because of fears and insecurities

• Meeting the Mentor

• Resurrection

• Refusal of the Call

• Road Back

Step 4: The Hero meets a person who helps the Hero gain confidence, insight, advice, training, or gifts to overcome initial fears.

• Crossing the Threshold

• Meeting the Mentor

• Resurrection

• Approach to the Inmost Cave

Step 5: The hero has finally committed to the journey by crossing the gateway that separates the Known World from the Unknown World.

• Approach to the Inmost Cave

• Tests, Allies, and Enemies

• Crossing the Threshold

• The Ordeal

Step 6: Having crossed the threshold, the Hero learns the rules of the Unknown World and figures out who his/her friends are by learning about them and who his/her friends are against.

• Resurrection

• Meeting the Mentor

• The Ordeal

• Tests, Allies, and Enemies

Step 7: The hero must make the preparation to get to the ordeal; plans must be made to approach the greatest fear or supreme danger

• Ordeal

• Reward

• Approach to the Inmost Cave

• Resurrection

Step 8: the central life-or-death crisis, during which the hero faces his or her greatest fear, confronts this challenge, and experiences "death"

• Ordeal

• Approach to Inmost Cave

• Crossing the Threshold

• Tests, Allies, and Enemies