Hero's Journey

Stories often have many similarities in their structures.

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The Hero's Journey is a strict, rigid plot structure that never varies.

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The main character is the hero who stays home and waits for a story to happen to him/her.

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This stage usually occurs about halfway through the story when the hero confronts a great fear or insecurity, but overcomes to push onward.

• Ordinary World

• The Ordeal

• The Supreme Ordeal

• Call to Adventure

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In this stage of the hero's journey, the hero has achieved their goal, received a reward, and is going back to the ordinary world.

• Reward and Journey Home

• Call to Adventure

• Crossing the Threshold

• The Ordeal

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In this stage, the hero has finally accepted their call to action and meets a mentor who guides them to a "new world."

• crossing the threshold

• call to adventure

• ordinary world

• supreme ordeal

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The hero is the only person who can complete the quest or accomplish the ultimate goal.

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The origin story for our hero would appear in which step:

• Ordinary World

• Crossing the Threshold

• Refusal to Call

• The Ordeal

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The climax/ final test happens at which step of the hero's journey

• crossing the threshold

• reward

• ordeal

• Supreme ordeal

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The hero begins to learn who is friend and who is foe...

• Call to Adventure

• Supreme ordeal

• Reward/ Journey Home

• Tests allies and enemies.

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