WorksheetsHero's Journey (Matrix)
Total questions: 19
Worksheet time: 10mins
The hero is reluctant or frightened to accept the call and begin the journey. The hero feels the fear of the unknown and tries to turn away from the adventure, however briefly. Alternately, another character may express the uncertainty and danger ahead.
Refusal of the Call
The Road Back
The Ordinary World
Crossing the Threshold
The hero comes across a veteran traveler of the worlds or a wise man or woman who gives him or her training, equipment, weapons, or advice that will help on the journey.
The Reward
Approach to the Inmost Cave
The Resurrection
Meeting with the Mentor
The person who advises the hero, preps for quest, and develops special skills is called
a friend
a priest
a mentor
a trickster
A "point of no return" is crossed. The hero is committing to the journey. The hero leaves their ordinary world and enters into an unfamiliar/new world.
The Road Back
Approaching the Inmost Cave
The Ordeal
Crossing the Threshold
Near the middle of the story, this is the biggest life or death crisis. The hero confronts death or faces his or her greatest fear.
The Ordeal
Crossing the Threshold
The Ordinary World
The Reward
The Hero is rededicated to change and must recommit to completing the adventure, leaving the special world to be sure the treasure is brought home safely. Often a chase scene on the hero's journey home signals the urgency and danger of the mission.
The Road Back
The Ordeal
Crossing the Threshold
Tests, Allies, and Enemies
The final battle. The hero is tested a final time - applying all the wisdom thus far obtained. The climax in which the Hero has his final encounter with death. If the Hero fails, others will suffer, placing more weight on the Hero’s shoulders - again makes us relate to and feel sympathy for the Hero.
The Ordeal
The Resurrection
Refusal of the Call
Meeting with the Mentor
The hero finally masters the problem. The hero returns home bearing some element of the treasure (elixir) that has the power to heal or transform the Ordinary World, just as the hero has been transformed. He is the master of two worlds.
Crossing the Threshold
The Reward
The Road Back
Return with the Elixir
What is another name for hero's journey?
Ordeal
Monomyth
Resolution
Legacy
Agent Smith ambushes Neo and shoots him, but Neo is revived by Trinity’s words that he is the One. Neo now has the power to perceive and control the Matrix. He defeats Agent Smith.
The Resurrection
Refusal of the Call
Tests, Allies, and Enemies
The Approach
Thomas Anderson, better known by his alias Neo, is a hacker by night and a corporate computer programmer by day. He hates his job and he’s constantly in search of something, believing that something is off about the world in which he’s living.
Call to Adventure
Crossing the First Threshold
The Ordinary World
Tests, Allies, and Enemies
Neo awakens and meets the crew of the Nebuchadnezzar. After he recuperates, Neo is put through training and tests as his skills are gauged by Morpheus’s crew. After seeing Neo’s skill, Morpheus believes him to be the One, a powerful human prophesized to be the savior of humanity.
The Ordinary World
The Ordeal
Crossing the First Threshold
Tests, Allies, and Enemies
Neo visits the Oracle, who tells him that despite Morpheus’s blind insistence, he’s not the One. She also informs him that Neo is going to have to choose between saving his own life and the life of Morpheus.
The Ordinary World
The Approach
Crossing the First Threshold
Tests, Allies, and Enemies
Neo’s been searching for another hacker, Morpheus, to find answers about the world. When Morpheus’s co-worker, Trinity, tells Neo to follow the white rabbit, he does and is told that the world around him is fake.
Refusal of the Call
Call to Adventure
Crossing the Threshold
The Ordeal
As the Nebuchadnezzar is under attack within the real world, Neo is stuck in the Matrix. Neo is unable to emerge victorious in his battle against Agent Smith and instead flees, looking for a way out of the Matrix.
Resurrection of the Hero
The Ordeal
Meeting with the Hero
The Road Back
Neo gains confidence in his abilities and wonders if he truly is the One. Morpheus is saved and he and Trinity escape the Matrix.
The Approach
Meeting with the Mentor
The Reward
Crossing the First Threshold
Neo follows the “White Rabbit” to a club where he meets Trinity. He is hesitant and decides not to follow Trinity’s instructions. He wakes up the next morning in his own bed.
The Reward
The Ordinary World
The Ordeal
Refusal of the Call
Neo is taken to Morpheus, who offers him the chance to choose between the truth about the Matrix or living in ignorance. Neo chooses the truth, takes the pill, and is awakened in the real world.
Crossing the Threshold
Resurrection of the Hero
The Approach
Meeting with the Mentor
Neo sends a message to the Matrix that he is going to awaken the humans trapped within. It is revealed that Neo is back in the Matrix, walking anonymously through a crowd of people. He's the One, and he has the power to wage war against the Matrix.
Return with the Elixir
Resurrection of the Hero
The Road Back
A Call to Adventure
