Hero’s Journey

What are the two worlds of the hero’s journey?

• The Ordinary World and the Special World

• Mars and Venus

• The inner world and the outer world

• Actually, there is only one world

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Think of your favorite book or movie. Does it follow (parts of) the hero’s journey pattern? Explain.

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When does the hero realize that he/she is changed (or has outgrown his/her old life)?

• 6:00, when the hero dies and is reborn (usually, symbolically)

• 3:00, when the hero crosses the threshold, departing on his/her quest

• 9:00, when the hero crosses the threshold, returning from his/her quest

• 1:00, when the hero hears the call to adventure

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Can you think of an episode from your own life that fits the hero’s journey formula?

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What is another word for the “hero’s journey?”

• Monomyth

• Crisis

• Saving face

• Denouement

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In many stories, the hero must cross a physical barrier that separates the ordinary world from the special world, but the two worlds aren’t always physical places. Can you think of a story that follows a hero’s journey through a “special world” of unfamiliar emotional territory?

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What author is most associated with the concept of the hero’s journey?

• Joseph Campbell

• John Dewey

• Daniel Webster

• Virginia Woolf

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According to the hero’s journey paradigm, the treasure you seek lies…

• In the cave you fear to enter

• In your ordinary world

• At the departure threshold

• At the return threshold

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