My Hero: A Personal Analysis

In the fall of 2012, my mother almost succumbed to her illness. I had just begun my freshman year of high school midst angry conversations between my parents and the threat of separation. It would seem as if they bickered about the most irrelevant things, almost as if they had no other reason to fight other than the fight itself. Those moments were excruciatingly lonely, my father worked until the dead of night and my mother would come home exhausted from treatment. I now know that there was no one who felt more unvalued than my mother. I wish I had the ability to iron away this blunder that destiny had fabricated, however foolish this desire is.

When I think of a hero, I think of someone who is brave, strong, hardworking, trustworthy, and unselfish. Someone who can protect you and make life better; my dad has all of those qualities. My dad was raised by my grandma and had a very different life growing up compared to mine. He grew up where his brother now lives, outside of Brooks Oregon. He really liked riding 4-wheelers, motorcycles and skateboards when he was my age. He also really enjoyed drawing and learning. He graduated from McNary High School. After high school he went to college where he then had to drop out because of money reasons. Later on he went to college again and graduated with a degree in computers and engineering after I was born. Right after college he started working at Intel Corporation. After about 4 years he got a job at Lam Research where he works on wafers and chips for computers and

Anyone who influences anyone else by saving or helping save his or her lives can be a hero. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. changed the lives of millions of people by bringing justice to minorities. Mahatma Gandhi, one of the greatest heroes, led a nonviolent revolution to free his country. Even a parent can be a hero to his or her child by leading them in the right direction. All teachers are heroes when they make it their job to teach a child anything that will help them in life. You don’t have to go to great lengths by risking your life to make a difference in someone else’s life.

All stories of common structural elements found universally in myths, fairy tales, dreams, and movies. Stages may be avoided, repeated or shifted upon the needs of the individual story. There are 12 stages that composes the Hero's Journey.

Caden has been through the Hero’s journey multiple times since his hallucinations were making him worse every time he had one. Caden has been through the call, gone through the abyss multiple times, and went through the return in the end of the book. Caden’s hallucinations has started his hero’s journey because it is a roller coaster. He has a job on the ship but he “can’t recall when [he] was assigned this task” which makes him go crazy (Shusterman 21). His hallucinations are making him go crazy which would lead him to the hospital soon. Caden has been at his low point multiple times but this time is his lowest point in his life. Caden his “out of [his] body, scurrying on the deck in the middle of the night” and can not see the stars (Shusterman

There was once a time where Americans traveled into a great wilderness known as the West to discover their destiny. They packed up their whole lives and left the familiar behind, all for a chance to discover something new. It is natural as humans to want to discover something fresh and exhilarating, and for me I wanted to unravel the mystery that the West held. The West called to me like a siren of the ocean, and I knew I would not rest until I fulfilled my urge to travel to the West. Like the settlers before me I uprooted my whole life. I boarded a 7 AM flight to a small town just outside of Billings, Montana, known as Huntley. This small ranching community would be the set where I would learn things about myself that I never thought

I got surprised to see that there were several explorers in history. I was going to pass up on Columbus, Lewis & Clark, Coronado, De Soto, Jacques, Samuel Champlain, John Cabot, John Fremont and Jedediah Smith. My name is Jedediah Smith, and I am what is known as a Mountain Man. My greatest accomplishment was finding the Great Salt Lake., and found a route from there to Los Angeles in California. I traversed all of the Rockies, across the deserts to California, and back. I used to be held in San Diego on suspicion of being a spy. I traversed the Mojave Desert, and was attacked by Indians losing several men. Was my traveling important? Yes, because without me, there would have been a lot more dead travelers than there were in the end. I

American scholar Joseph Campbell was an author and researcher whose exploration of comparative mythology exposed the universal pattern that underlies a hero’s journey in human culture. Campbell calls this pattern the "Adventure of the Hero", and claims that the standard hero's journey is one of separation, initiation, and return. He states that “a hero ventures forth from the world of common day into a region of supernatural wonder: fabulous forces are there encountered, and a decisive victory is won: the hero comes back from this mysterious adventure with the power to bestow boons on his fellow man” (Campbell 28). He discovered that most myths follow this same “strikingly rigid pattern beneath [a] variety of

Next, the hero continues the hero’s journey starting with crossing the first threshold until he approaches the most critical point. Mike’s entrance into the special world begins with his crossing of the first threshold. Crossing the first threshold requires him to travel to Popperville and convince the selectmen to let them dig the cellar of the new town hall. These selectmen are the threshold guardian, or the force that separates the hero from the special world and gives tests to prove the hero’s worth. The selectmen exhibit these characteristics as they resist hiring Mike as a digger. The hero faces tests, allies, and enemies in the special world. Mike faces tests as he tries to secure the position digging the cellar. He is forced to make

A hero’s journey begins with the ordinary world. This is where the setting is established and the audience learns the characteristics of the hero. Later, a problem or a central dramatic question disrupts the easy-going nature of the ordinary world. Next is the hero’s call to adventure. This is when a challenge is presented to the hero and disrupts the usual comfort of the ordinary world. The call to action forces the hero to choose between two conflicting calls. Sometimes, the hero needs multiple calls before realizing his only means of escape is the Special World. Sometimes the hero refuses the call to action and the adventure. This is when the hero backs out of the challenge due to insecurity, fear, or danger. This stage helps to let the audience know the risks of taking the adventure. When

It has been one year since the death of my beloved sister Cheryl. Since then, Roger and I have married. It was wonderful! All the people we met last year were there; all the friends I made at my job as a receptionist. Cheryl’s friend Nancy and her mother came and they hired a babysitter for Cheryl’s son Henry Liberty. But, most surprisingly, my father was there for a bit! He started by saying that he was sorry about what had happened my whole life and how he should of tried to get us back. Then, I told him that I know it was for the best and that we should not cling to the past, even though I did that my whole life. Essentially I was being hypocritical. Nonetheless, he said that he was proud of me, and that if my mother was alive she would

I have always been the littlest one in the room ever since I can remember. I’m the youngest in my immediate family so obviously I’m the smallest. Even my cousins who are younger than me are at least 5 inches taller than. Even at seven or eight years old I was still a little shorter than average. I’ve now grown immune to this, but there is one memory that sticks out to me when I was younger, the first time I ever rode a horse.

America was the land of the free and home of the brave, or at least that is what she was educated upon with the brochure she was given when entering the vast country. New customs and a diversity of culture, Hero had nothing but positivity expelling from her body. A chance to start over, and Hero was ready to snatch any opportunity bestowed upon her. Her parents seemed to do this with ease, as her father quickly found the superb place to be transformed into an antique shop. Ames never seemed to worry about his wife, as she quickly casted in a tv show that seemingly was about her life. Noelle of course spread herself thin by making appearances in matinees and soaps of the country, but was always landing on her feet. Hero’s hands consistently

Have you ever had a hero in your life, someone that is always there for you when you need them? I did, I called him "my dad." My dad was the only person that could make me laugh when I was feeling down. My dad was that person who had so much love for his family. My dad was the person who I could call and he'd always pick up. My dad was the person who would drop everything just to help me. My dad was the biggest hero in my life and to this day, still is.

underneath the sun. There was even a lifeguard in her red bathing suit sitting in a watching tower. I was not alone. I was not even far enough away for concern, yet I was dying. My cousins were near the buoys, and there had been a moment when we were all together simply laughing and having fun.