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Perseus map.

Focus on the content more than the art.

Mr. Jones has identified 9 stops and 7 locations.

A top notch map will have at least 7 stops.

Hero’s Journey

Why study The Hero’s Journey?

• It is the pattern of human experience• Every challenge we face in life is a journey• It is a process of self discovery• Understanding the Journey pattern can help

us understand the stories we read, the movies and shows we see, and the experiences that shape our lives.

The Journey Begins

The Journey is divided into three stages and 12 steps:

1. Separation (from the known)2. Initiation and Transformation

(Unknown or supernatural world)

3. The Return (Back to the known)

The Archetypal Hero

What Do Luke Skywalker, Simba, King Arthur, Moses, and William Wallace

all have in common?

Jung and Campbell• Carl Jung and Joseph

Campbell developed the idea of the archetype–Archetype: A

recurring pattern of images, situations, or symbols found in the mythology, religion, art, and dreams of cultures around the world

Joseph Campbell

Carl Jung

Archetypal Hero Traits

• Unusual Circumstances of Birth• Leaves Family and Lives With Others• Traumatic Event Leads to Quest• Special Weapon• Supernatural Help• Proves Himself on Quest• Journey and Unhealable Wound• Atonement With Father• Spiritual Awakening and/or transformation

Unusual Birth• Often in danger or

born into royalty– Luke w/ aunt and

uncle– Simba born a prince– Moses put in basket– King Arthur in

danger from Uther Pendragon’s rivals

Leaves Family• Raised away from his

people– Luke w/ aunt and

uncle– Simba w/ Timon and

Poobah– King Arthur w/ Merlin– William Wallace with

uncle– Moses w/ Pharaoh’s

daughter

Traumatic Event• A hero’s life is

changed forever– Luke’s aunt and

uncle’s death– Wallace’s wife is

killed– Arthur pulls sword

from stone– Simba fights Nala– Yahweh appears to

Moses

Special Weapon• Only the hero can

wield his weapon– Luke’s light saber–Arthur’s Excalibur–Moses’ staff–Wallace’s sword– Simba’s ... claws?

Supernatural Help• Hero often has

spiritual guidance– Luke hears Obi-Wan

Kenobi– Arthur has Merlin– Yahweh guides Moses– Wallace dreams of his

dead father– Simba sees Mufasa in

the sky and has Rafiki help him

Road of Trials

• Hero descends into a hell-like area and suffers wounding from encounter w/ evil– Symbolically goes

where normal humans can’t and finds truth about self

Transformation/Revelation• Hero performs feats

while on Quest– Luke blows up Death Star,

leads rebellion– Arthur leads battles– Moses perform miracles– Simba contemplates his

life– Wallace leads his men

against British

Atonement With Father• Hero either redeems

father’s evil deeds or reconciles with father over wrongs done by the hero

Return Home and Final Reward• Hero returns to home

to create a new and better place.

• Often spiritually rewarded.