A Hero's Journey To Success

Watching a film, one can easily recognize plot, theme, characterization, etc., but not many realize what basic principle lies behind nearly every story conceived: the hero’s journey. This concept allows for a comprehensive, logical flow throughout a movie. Once the hero’s journey is thoroughly understood, anyone can pick out the elements in nearly every piece. The hero’s journey follows a simple outline. First the hero in question must have a disadvantaged childhood. Next the hero will find a mentor who wisely lays out his/her prophecy. Third the hero will go on a journey, either literal or figurative, to find him/herself. On this journey the hero will be discouraged and nearly quit his/her quest. Finally, the

What images come to mind as you reflect on your childhood? Playgrounds, blackboards, and soccer balls may be among the warmest of memories. Yet for many mermaids swim their thoughts, princesses get swept of their feet, and lions roar to their loyal place in the animal kingdom. There is no doubt that today’s entertainment has most of its touch using classical influences. Walt Disney has produced animated films that have captured the heart and imagination of audiences of all ages around the world through the magic of storytelling and imagery. Many of us appreciate the imagination and magic that Disney puts into its animations with out knowing they are based off of classical and traditional storylines

The night air was heavy with silence. Clouds drifted across a calm sky, and a full moon shone in the distance. In a small hut on the outskirts of the valley, an old man lay in bed, awake in the peaceful slumber of the village. His breaths came in rattling gasps, his forehead burned, and his joints felt stiff with pain. He shifted on the blankets, his withered hands clenched in fists as he tried to suppress the wave of bitter memories coming to him. His life had been nothing more than work, loss, tragedy. He remembered all of his hope, his ambition, in his youth, and he smiled bitterly. No one would remember him as the man that he had once hoped he would become. Now, as his breathing became heavier and he felt himself fading on the brink of

Today was my first lesson in humility. Some of the elder Monks had reprimanded me for my selfish thoughts and words. This was my first transgression and thus I was taught my lesson behind closed doors.

When he was younger, Arn-Chorn was forced to wake up and work in the rice fields from 1 to 7 in the morning. He wasn’t allowed to sleep, he was only allowed a thirty minute break, with very little food. Arn and other kids his age were forced to work out in the fields under the blazing sun, wearing a black pajama. Working day and night, in order to survive, Arn started to steal food from the kitchen. The extra food allowed him and his “friends” to survive at least one more day. He had many opportunities to run away from his camp to find his family, but he stayed because he knew that he wouldn’t be able to survive a day out in the jungle. There are many other kids and families like Arn who are forced to face this situation. Some families are

Gerald is a 19 year old that has other brothers that all want the inheritance of their parents for themselves they are all selfish and they are fighting over the money and they keep fighting then gerald snaps and he stabs one of his brothers and left him for dead as he was running the cops saw him and they chased him and through the city and when he found his house he ran in then the brothers attacked him for killing his own blood and then he fought out of it and he got into a fist fight with his brothers and that wasn't for killing his brother it was for the money and he was losing when his close friend came and broke up the fight and the friend got punched in the face and he drew a gun and yelled “quit this fighting aren't you guys brothers” and Gerald ripped the gun out of his friends hand and he shot it

In 2014, I attended the Hero's journey summer program in hope to discover myself and to become a better man. My father who has attended the program many of times introduced me to the foundation and thought I should give it a try under the Young Men’s program with 8 other teens from around the world. Nervous but also excited about discovering who I truly was and what brotherhood really meant I found myself becoming the best of friends with these guys for 7 days. During the trip I learned that in relationships it is not only about how much you have in common, but that you trust each other and can work together as one. I could not tell you those guys last name or their favorite video game but I can tell you that I knew they had my back no matter what.

Huckleberry Finn is on a quest to see who he really is and while doing so he completely ignores society's beliefs. This quest is often referred to as the Hero’s journey, in this quest the hero will run into many conflicts and when he/she is finished they will be humbled. The quest in divided into 10 parts but the 3 main ones are the call, transformation and the return of the hero. Within each stage there are steps the hero will go through and change from who he is to who he needs to become.

Though few literary templates have been able to stand the test of time, the Hero’s Journey, or “monomyth”, has the distinction of being present in the literature and mythology of almost every single culture that has possessed written language. The term “monomyth” was coined by Joseph Campbell, an American mythological research, in his book entitled The Hero with a Thousand Faces. Since his groundbreaking analysis and compilation, thousands of writers, directors, and producers have applied the basic elements of the monomyth to their own media. One of the most successful applications of the monomyth to a non-literary medium are the Star Wars films, originally created by George Lucas. The most recent addition to the Star Wars saga was released

A little star that shone brighter than most was born on the day of April the 28th 1998.

The ship made its way back to the dock days later. Longing to be with John, Bella begged and pleaded to her father. He finally allowed her to date him! Two years later, John and Bella got married and lived in a small village near the shop. The shop was passed down from his father to him to run. He still went out on Fridays to catch more fish, but now when he returned home to his beautiful wife. If it wasn’t for that fog he would have never hit the ship where he met Bella.

Mikhail gave the character Jeanette a harsh vocal quality. It was very realistic since Jeanette is a smoker her vocal cords would be dried out, causing tension in the larynx to create that harsh quality. Also, Mikhail used a pitch that was lower than her habitual pitch. It was impressive how Mikhail was able to keep substation that harsh quality even well singing. The rate that Mikhail said her lines were a little faster than medium, but not too fast. It was never so fast that the audience needed her to slow down, but it was faster than her habitual pace for speaking. Mikhail was able to project loudly in her character voice, so there was no problem hearing her. The problem was that Mikhail’s diction was not always the best and a couple of

Michael whose can travel back to 20 years ago by using a miracle watch that giving by mystery man. Michael can travel back to the same place 20 years ago. However this time traveling has limitation time. Michael determined to save his deceased girlfriend (Angel). He set on his time travelling. At the same time, he meets an energetic girl who’s named Jessy. There in the past, various misunderstanding, collisions happened between two of them. Through the many times of time-traveling, Michael discovers that the conflicts he had with Angel were formed by many misconceptions. For this reason, Michael heart is full of guilt towards her. To make up for what he owed her, he decides to bring his girlfriend back to life in the present. However, there

‘’If you're lost, just look for me... You'll find me in the region of the summer stars’’

How can someone achieve their dreams without hard work? How can someone achieve what they want without hard times? The answer is they can't. If someone really wants to achieve what they want there will be hard times and mistakes made along the way. A hero will fight anything in its path to achieve their ultimate goal. This also goes for anyone who has a goal In life. If they really want it, they will not let anything stop them and they will achieve if they try hard enough. This is known as the hero's journey.