Personal Narrative: Koby Turk

To play a role given to us, isn’t fun once we learn of it, however, breaking away pushes us further into the journey. The Hero's Journey, a repetitive process that seems to be in the basic natural structure of every human, and despite any efforts are often replicating it ourselves. Following the journey is simple and sometimes unavoidable. The whole journey is mapped out by Christopher Vogler's The Writer's Journey. Then seen in Dracula, Bedazzled, and Noah. Also, in a easier way Howl's Moving Castle and The Game.

Most people are all grown up when they finally figure out what they want to do with their life. I was 4. I realized what I wanted to be when I attended my very first Rodeo. Even though it was so long ago I can remember that day like it was yesturday. That day got me on the path to my future.

It was late one day in June, and the sky was as blue and clear as sparkling wine. I sat back in my hammock reading the book Unbroken enjoying myself, and my uncle came up and asked me if I wanted to play poker with him, 5$ buy in. I jumped at the idea finished my page and went inside the house. Poker is a pretty big thing in my family and I’ve grown up playing and my uncle was one of the best, so spending time with him playing poker is always one of my favorite things to do. We proceed to set up the table, “Texas Holdem“ he says, Jacks to open”. Nothing weird, so we get the game going and the pots getting pretty big when all of the sudden he drops his cards. I stare the cards dead in the eye and see that i'm going to surpass him! He looks

Joseph Campbell has a theory called The Hero’s Journey in where an individual is shown in a mundane world, called to an adventure, and goes on the adventure. In the adventure, the individual goes on the path of trials that consisting of making new friends, new mentors, new enemies, facing new challenges, gaining new skills, and new knowledge. When the individual comes back to their mundane world, they are the master of two worlds through their new experiences they've gained in the adventure. The Hero’s Journey has been repeated in literature and films through many years: two examples that have The Hero’s Journey are the films, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire and Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Lightning Thief.

Change is inevitable. Whether it be positive or negative, change is constantly happening. More than often change can take you from the known world and spit you into the unknown, where you return a changed person. While embarking on the journeys provoked by change, you are on a hero’s journeys. The hero’s journey was popularized by Joseph Campbell. When describing what prompts hero’s journeys, Joseph Campbell said,

Growing up with a father in the military, you move around a lot more than you would like to. I was born just east of St. Louis in a city called Shiloh in Illinois. When I was two years old my dad got the assignment to move to Hawaii. We spent seven great years in Hawaii, we had one of the greatest churches I have ever been to name New Hope. New Hope was a lot like Olivet's atmosphere, the people were always friendly and there always something to keep someone busy. I used to dance at church, I did hip-hop and interpretive dance, but you could never tell that from the way I look now.

Kammi Kolanko is my mother and hero. She is 37 years old and works at a school as a substitute teacher in the Norwin Elementary School. She also lives in a house on 1180 Pinewood Road Irwin PA 15642. She helps me with my homework and makes sure I have everything ready for school in the morning each day. She also makes sure I have a good packed lunch for every day in school. She is a person who is an amazingly good and fast cook. She wants us, her kids, to not become selfish. She also wants us to lead productive lives. She hopes we can be kind people when we grow up.

Joseph Campbell is a leading mythology expert and philosopher who studied all myths from around the world and found the “Hero’s Journey,” a pattern or algorithm that appears in common in myth, religious ritual, and storytelling. The Hero’s Journey has three elements, separation, initiation and return. If I think about myself, coming to Hawaii by myself was a separation from my comfortable zone where I was surrounded by my supportive family. First time when I came here, I could not say anything and became quiet because I thought people would think I was a stupid and not understand me. I was afraid of how people think about my language skills. However, I tried to speak from myself, asked people to collect my mistakes, accepted what I cannot do

On 23Apr17 at 1311 hrs. I, Deputy Halbasch, was asked to Constance Carmichael in reference to a fraudulent transaction involving her foster son, Justin Kottom.

I never thought I would be labeled an outsider, a misfit even. As I trudged my way through the halls of my small town high school, I would endure the gazing pairs of eyes, that belonged to my peers, followed by whispering and often times some laughter. I always used zone out during those repetitive speeches and commercials about the effects of gossiping and rumors; never did I imagine that one day I would be on the receiving end of of the everyday potshot. Growing up I was always the center of attention, the one everyone yearned to be friends with, never was I the antisocial child in the corner with nowhere to turn… not until high school. They say high school changes you. They say high school accounts for some of the greatest years of

Sea gulls bickered on the warm, morning breeze over head. The waves lulled the vessel boat to-and-fro as it skimmed through Blackwater Bay. The water sparkled like sapphires, clear and bright under the sun. From the bow of the boat, Alayna peered out towards the Narrow Sea. Beyond the bay, adventure called her like a siren song. She longed to explore the lands beyond Westeros. However, this voyage wouldn’t ferry her towards that dream. She’d continue to dream of that journey. The schooner wouldn’t be sailing beyond the bay.

“Hey, how did you do that?” are words I hear very often from people around me whenever I am able to do my tricks. Just like the fictional super heroes of my childhood, I have my own kind of ‘super power’. I do not shoot webs from my palm like ‘spider-man’, I do not fly like ‘super-man, I do not also possess the lightning speed of ‘The Flash’. These fictional super heroes, unlike me, possess only one kind of ‘power’ but I possess a combination of three ‘super powers’ which could have stop the works of Adolph Hitler and also diffuse the tension between the United States of America and Osama Bin Laden. It might seem that I come

So, Mr. Incredible...do you have a secret identity? MR. INCREDIBLE Every superhero has a secret identity. I don't know a single one who doesn't. Who wants the pressure of being super all the time?

I am Fire Dream. You may have heard of me, but if you haven’t, let me tell you a little bit about myself. I am an incredible superhero. I live in a busy city(Washington D.C.). I am a superhero, but also a regular person. When I am a regular person people don’t know that I am actually Fire Dream. My real name is Elizabeth Hart and only my close friends know my identity(so don’t tell anyone). My friends ask me if it is hard to hide my true identity, but all I have to do is look a little different and no one will notice. I have lots of super powers, but some of my favorites are Flying, Super speed, invisibility, super strength and I can make objects move. My job is writing stories about the latest news of superheroes, so I enjoy going

From spiderman's ability to swing from webs spun from his wrist to Jean Grey being born with the power of telekinesis, the public has been exposed to superheroes for decades. This exposure from the entertainment industry, especially film, has made it easy amusement to discuss what superpowers people would have if given the opportunity. For myself, the power of invisibility could be an asset in traveling the world and finding out classified information. The power of shape-shifting could grant me the ability to morph into animals, inanimate objects, and celebrities whether it be for investigation or plain enjoyment, and the power to manipulate probability could give me total control over good and bad luck which could alter the occurrences of likely or unlikely