Hero's Journey

This step is when the future hero is given notice that their life is going to change.

• Call of Adventure

• Refusal of the Call

• Meeting the Mentor

• Crossing the Threshold

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This step is when the hero finally accepts the journey

• Call of Adventure

• Refusal of the Call

• Beginning of the Adventure

• Crossing the Threshold

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This is when the hero experiences dangers as they return home.

• Refusal of the Return

• Refusal of the Call

• Meeting the Mentor

• The Magic Flight

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This is when the hero is reluctant to accept the new changes in their life.

• Call of Adventure

• Refusal of the Call

• Meeting the Mentor

• Crossing the Threshold

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The Road of Trials is when...

• the hero experiences tests and challenges, and usually fails one or more challenges.

• the hero receives support from others.

• the hero first meets the main enemy.

• the hero first meets his allies.

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The Experience with Unconditional Love is when...

• the hero is transformed by his tests and challenges.

• the hero recieves support from friends, family, mentors, etc.

• the hero approaches his goal.

• the villain approaches victory.

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The hero reaches their original goal, confronts death, or faces their greatest fear. All the hard work and training is put to the test.

• The Ultimate Boon

• The Road of Trials

• The Ordinary World

• The Reward

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This is when it seems like the hero may not return home, but then is "rescued"

• Rescue from Without

• The Crossing or Return Threshold

• Refusal of the Call

• Return

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The hero does not want to go back, they prefer to stay in the different place. They do not take action right away.

• Refusal of the Call

• Refusal of the Return

• Rescue from Without

• The Crossing or Return Threshold

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Which of the following best describes the hero's journey?

• A hero begins in an unknown world and struggles alone against a great evil to reach his ordinary world again.

• It begins with an ordinary life, but is compelled to take a hero journey into the unknown. With help, the hero overcomes challenges and returns a changed person.

• A hero eagerly heads out to find a magical world and fight everything he sees so he can rule the world as a more powerful, wiser person.

• After becoming a powerful and important a hero misses his old life, so he returns to the unknown to be destroyed so he can come back as his old, ordinary self and return to his old ordinary life.

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